This story vividly reproduces the living conditions of the Russian lower classes in the 1970s and 1980s. Gorky spent his childhood in a family full of cruelty and hatred: he lost his father at the age of four, followed his grief-stricken mother and kind grandmother to his overbearing and bankrupt grandfather's house, but he was often beaten by his violent grandfather. But the kind grandmother protects him everywhere. As a young man, he realized the pain and ugliness of the world prematurely, and his young mind suffered many blows. Grandmother and people like her protect and support Gorky. This story vividly shows a suffocating life full of cruelty, barbarism, ignorance and filth. We deeply understand the corruption and ugliness of the czar's autocratic system, the people's slavery and numb ignorance in the dark, and the pain of the younger generation in resisting darkness and slavery and pursuing freedom and light.
Compared with Gorky, our childhood is brilliant and colorful; No worries and pains, no worries. There are so many children who don't even know what "beating" means, because we have never experienced the taste of being beaten or whipped. That may be unimaginable pain. Of course, in addition, there are few greedy and vicious things in our lives, such as family members fighting for property. There will be no such "terrorist incident" as cruelly torturing an innocent person to death for no reason.
What impressed me the most for a long time was Gorky's kind heart since childhood, especially under the influence of his grandmother, which produced a soul with a clear distinction between good and evil, right and wrong, and love and hate. He is diligent in learning and hard-working, and the severe life makes him grow into a strong-willed, ambitious and promising newcomer. The most important thing in his personality is: the desire for knowledge and the yearning for a better future. The hardships of life did not make him flinch. He firmly believes that the darkness will eventually pass and the future will be bright.
Gorky's image is the representative of a new generation of Russian people, and his growth path is the road for millions of Russian workers to move towards revolution and new life. I will study as hard as he does and learn a wide range of knowledge. Like a soldier who is about to take the lead, make preparations before departure and strive to realize his lofty ideals.