After losing her father, Alisha went to grandpa's dyehouse and met some people. This young apprentice is optimistic and kind, and he was one of Aletha's playmates when he was a child. His grandmother called him "Wan Ya". In fact, Zgang Jr is an orphan who was picked up by his grandfather and grandmother. Grandma is very nice, but grandpa wants something from him when he grows up.

Gorky truly described his miserable childhood in this book, reflecting some typical characteristics of social life at that time, especially vividly describing the customs of Russian petty bourgeoisie.

It not only exposes those "lead scandals", but also depicts many outstanding ordinary people around the author, among which the image of grandmother is one of the most glorious and poetic images in Russian literature. It is these ordinary people who have given the young Gorky a good influence, so that he has developed a character that does not bend his knees to ugly phenomena and has become a strong and kind person through exercise.

Childhood is a novel based on the author's own childhood experience. It is a historical picture of Russian society at the end of 19, from which we can see the author's struggle for light in the dark society in his childhood and adolescence. The novel reproduces the social environment in which the Russian people lived during the Russian rule in the19th century. The novel describes the author's childhood sufferings, which is also a common phenomenon in society at that time.