Abstract
<jats:p>The article mainly discusses the secrets of creating a portrait in the narrative genre, one of the smallest epic genres of literature, as well as theoretical conclusions and proposals on the issues of the aesthetic ideal and skill of the creator. The concepts of the creator's mental and emotional state in the process of creating a work, his ideal, the time and social environment, and social attitude to the problems of the era are theoretically based. The stories of the talented writer, skilled storyteller Sobir Onar "Fighter in the Alley" is studied in accordance with the plot system of the portrait image and the aesthetic ideal of the creator. These considerations serve as an important theoretical source for literature and science.</jats:p>