As shown in the picture:

1. Alesha: She is an innocent, lively and kind-hearted child. With a sense of justice, compassion and courage to fight against evil forces, he is the representative of a new generation of Russian people.

The stories told by my grandmother, the optimistic and simple Zokan, the upright old worker grigori and the "good things" of the intellectuals who devoted themselves to science all gave Alesha strength and help, which enabled him to maintain his courage and confidence in life in a dark and dirty environment and gradually grow into a strong, brave, upright and caring person.

2. Grandmother: She is a courageous and strong woman. She is kind and loving, silently bearing all kinds of misfortunes in life. She is brave and smart, and has a broad heart. She was the first teacher in Alesha and played a decisive role in the growth of Alesha. She influenced the people around her with her confidence in a better life.

Grandfather: He is a dyer who lives in poverty. He is greedy, bossy and cruel (he often beats his grandmother and children and cruelly exploits his workers). He was vicious, heartless, mercenary and heartless, and finally became a real beggar, both materially and spiritually.

4. tsugaoka Jr.: optimistic and simple, smart, competitive, like to show off, and do whatever it takes to get compliments from others. Finally, he was crushed to death when he moved the cross.

5. "Good thing": Alesha was the first intellectual friend he met in his childhood. He was a tenant, taciturn, knowledgeable and detached from the world. Because people ask him to eat and drink tea, he always likes to say "good things", which has become his mantra, so everyone calls him this name.

Extended materials

Childhood tells the story of Alesha's childhood from the age of three to ten. The novel begins with Alesha's going to his grandfather with his mother, and ends with his grandfather asking Alesha to go to the "human world" for food. It vividly reproduces the living conditions of the lower class people in Russia in the 197s and 198s, and reflects the author's difficult childhood life and unremitting pursuit of light and truth.

Grandfather owned a dyehouse, but with the gradual decline of his family business, he became stingy, greedy, bossy and cruel, often beating his grandmother and children and mercilessly exploiting his workers.

two uncles are quarrelling and fighting for property all day. In such a family full of hatred, young Alesha realized the human suffering and ugliness prematurely.

However, even in such a terrible environment, there is warmth and light. This is another kind of life that Alesha's grandmother and others lead. Grandmother is kind, intelligent and capable, loves life, is patient with everyone and has a broad mind.

Like a bright lamp, she lit up Alesha's sensitive and lonely heart, and her influence on Alesha was just as Gorky wrote later: "Before she came, I seemed to be sleeping in the dark, but when she appeared, she woke me up and led me to a bright place. It was her selfless love for the world that enriched me and filled me with strong strength to cope with a difficult life."

Grandmother kept him alive with courage and confidence in the dark and dirty environment, and gradually grew into a strong, brave, upright and caring person.