Childhood tells the growth story of a lonely child "I". The novel examines the whole society and life from a unique perspective of a child. My grandfather's house is a family full of hatred and a strong habit of ordinary people. This is a suffocating family. In addition, the novel also shows the process of corruption, decline and extinction of the whole society at that time. By describing the painful life of "I" in my childhood, the novel actually reflects the writer's hard life in his childhood and his unremitting pursuit of light and truth, and also shows that at the end of 19, Russia's On Earth is the second autobiographical novel of Gorky. The novel describes the life of the protagonist Aletha from 187 1 to 1884. During this period, in order to make a living, he and his grandmother worked hard to pick wild fruits, worked as apprentices for draftsmen, worked as dishwashers on ships, and worked as apprentices in icon workshops. On the road of life, he has experienced many ups and downs, dealing with all kinds of people at the bottom of society and having the opportunity to read a lot of books. Aletha's life experience and extensive reading broadened his horizons, and he was determined to "be a strong man and not give in to the environment". With such a firm belief, he left his hometown and came to Kazan.

In the novel, the writer not only reproduces all kinds of ordinary citizens and their living customs, moral concepts and spiritual realm, but also creates a series of characters reflecting the wisdom and talent of the working people, widely and profoundly reproduces the miserable life of the broad masses of lower-class workers and their ideological complex, and depicts the historical picture of an era in Russian society. The broad social picture of China society. My university described his activities and growing experience in Kazan. He 16 years old came to Kazan with the hope of going to college, but his dream could not be realized. The slums and docks of Kazan became his social university. He has no place to live and shares a bed with others. Working in docks, bakeries and grocery stores. Later, due to contact with college students, middle school students, members of secret groups and revolutionaries exiled from Siberia, their thoughts changed. He read works of revolutionary democracy and Marxism until he took part in revolutionary activities. Under the guidance of revolutionaries, he got rid of the mental crisis of suicide. During his four years in Kazan, his thoughts, knowledge and social experience have made great progress.