The setbacks Paul experienced include:

1. Paul lost his father in his early years. His mother did laundry to support the family, and his brother was a worker. When Paul was 12 years old, his mother sent him to the station canteen as a handyman. He worked in the canteen for two years and suffered all kinds of humiliation.

2. Zhu Helai, who stayed at Paul's house, was an old Bolshevik. The Red Army left him in the town when they retreated. Paul was imprisoned for rescuing Zhu Helai.

3. Paul joined the Red Army under the influence of Zhu Helai. In a fierce battle, Paul was seriously injured on the head, but he defeated death with amazing perseverance. After being discharged from the hospital, Paul moved into the home of Tonya's relatives. Because he was blind in one eye, he could no longer return to the front line.

4. When the road construction work was coming to an end, Paul contracted typhoid fever and developed pneumonia. The organization had to send Paul back to his hometown to recuperate.

5. Since 1924, Paul had lost the ability to work, and the party organization had to keep him hospitalized for a long time. In 1927, he became almost completely paralyzed and subsequently blinded. The serious illness finally bound this young man full of revolutionary obsession to the hospital bed.

Famous quotes:

1. Happiness lies in creating a new life, in transforming and re-educating the great wisdom of the socialist era who has become the master of the country. People struggle.

2. The main tragedy of life is to stop fighting.

3. The beauty of a person does not lie in appearance, clothes and hairstyle, but in himself and his heart. If a person does not have the beauty of his soul, we will often dislike his beautiful appearance.

4. Self-interested people are the first to perish. He lives by himself and for himself. If this "I" of his is damaged, he cannot survive.

5. A common cause and a common struggle can give people the power to endure everything.