Gorky is a proletarian writer in the former Soviet Union and the founder of socialist realistic literature and Soviet literature. His main works and novels are Mother, Childhood, On Earth and My University. Gorky has a strong desire to learn since he was a child. He got good grades at school and won the highest prize. However, poverty kept him in school for only two years. In order to support his family, he ran around and did all kinds of work, but he never forgot to study. He often ventures to find books to read. In order to avoid the boss's imprisonment, he often uses late at night to read books.

He made an oil lamp out of cans, collected the residual oil from the owner's candle tray, and hid in storage rooms, sheds and other places to study hard. Unable to find the oil lamp, he read in the moonlight. In an extremely difficult environment, Gorky worked hard on self-study and mastered a high level of culture, which laid a solid foundation for his literary creation.