In Childhood, Zokan is kind-hearted. When Aletha broke the dyed cloth out of curiosity, his grandfather whipped Aletha with a tree note. He stretched out his arm and filed some tree notes for Aletha.

Once Alexei was beaten unconscious by him because he dyed a piece of cloth. Young Alisha was once beaten unconscious by him with a branch. He also secretly lent usury and made an agreement with his helper to steal things.

The two uncles are also rude and selfish philistines, arguing and fighting over property all day long and abusing their wives crazily. In such a family full of cruelty and hatred, young Alisha realized the suffering and ugliness of human beings prematurely.

Introduction to the novel:

Childhood is an autobiographical novel about Aletha's personal growth and life experience, and it is also a realistic novel reflecting the vast social life. Reading childhood carefully is like walking into a dark society engraved in a book and listening to the grievances of the people at the bottom of society. Although not as magnificent as most novels, it brought me more emotion and shock.

The first of a trilogy of autobiographical novels based on my own experience (the other two parts are On Earth and My University). It tells the story of Alesha's childhood from the age of three to ten. The novel begins with "I" following my mother to find my grandfather, and ends with grandpa telling me to make a living in the "human world".

From 19, it vividly reproduces the living conditions of the Russian lower class in the 1970s and 1980s, and at the same time, it writes the darkness, distortion and horror of the old social life with a strong style. Grandfather opened a dye house, but with the decline of his family business, he became stingy, greedy, bossy and cruel, often beating his grandmother and children and ruthlessly exploiting workers.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia -Alesha