There are many examples in fiction when an educational institution is a living actor. The fate of the heroes depends on it. Teachers become guides in the lives of literary heroes, changing their worldview. This happened in the novel "Mother and Stepmother" by the famous Soviet writer Vladimir Soloukhin, who was not only an excellent writer, but also brought up a whole generation of young philologists. The literary institute in his novel has not only an educational function, but is also the starting point that forms its own "philosophy of patriotism", in which each person is responsible to future generations for preserving the spiritual wealth of the Russian people.