When he looks back? He won't regret wasting his time. Nor will I be ashamed of doing nothing; ? So, at the time of death, He can say, "My whole life and energy have been dedicated to the most magnificent cause in the world-the struggle for the liberation of mankind."

This was written by ostrovsky in How Steel was Tempered.

Introduction to the original text: How Steel was Tempered is a novel written by Nikolai ostrovsky, a writer of the former Soviet Union, and was written in 1933. By narrating pavel korchagin's growth path, the novel shows to human beings that only when one defeats the enemy and himself in the hardships of the revolution, and only when one's pursuit is linked with the interests of the motherland and the people, can one create miracles and grow into an iron warrior.

about the author: Nikolai Alexeevich Ostrovsky (194-1936) was a famous proletarian revolutionary, writer and Bolshevik fighter in the former Soviet Union. Born in a worker's family on September 22nd, 194. Because of his poor family, he began to work as a child laborer at the age of 11, went to war at the age of 15, was unfortunately seriously injured in the battle at the age of 16, was blind at the age of 23, and was paralyzed at the age of 25. He died on December 22, 1936 at the age of 32. After three years, he overcame unimaginable difficulties and created the immortal masterpiece How Steel was Tempered, realizing the ideal of returning to combat posts. ?

growing experience: at the age of seventeen, ostrovsky took the lead in the arduous work of building a railway branch line. On the railway construction site, many people were killed by bad conditions, diseases and gang attacks. He gritted his teeth and worked hard. But when the project was about to be completed, my knees were red and swollen, and I walked hard. Because I was infected with typhoid fever, I was unconscious and was sent back to my hometown. Under the careful care of his mother, he barely survived. After returning to the factory, he studied in a technical school while working. Injured, unable to withstand excessive hard work, his health became worse and worse, and he was sent to a nursing home for physical therapy. After a slight improvement, he returned to Kiev and, together with many youth league members, rescued wood in the knee-deep and biting cold river. He fell ill again. At the age of eighteen, the medical appraisal Committee issued a first-class disability certificate for him! But he hid the certificate and continued to ask for a job.

Creative background: At the beginning of 1927, 22-year-old ostrovsky was sick in bed because of paralysis, and his eyes were blind. While struggling with his illness, he was determined to show the time and personal life experience through literary works. He wrote a novella about the growth and heroic campaign of kotov cavalry brigade. But he wrote the novel and asked his wife to send it to the comrades of kotov cavalry brigade in Odessa for their opinions. The comrades enthusiastically evaluated the novel, but the manuscript was lost by the post office on the way back. But it didn't frustrate him. While attending Sverdlov * * * Correspondence University, he began to conceive how steel was tempered. This book was written by him in his sickbed for three years. The story is based on his personal experience.

Famous sayings in the text:

1. The beauty of a person lies not in his appearance, clothes and hairstyle, but in himself and in his heart. If a person does not have the beauty of the soul, we often hate his beautiful appearance.

2. Egoistic people are the first to perish. He lives by himself and lives for himself. If his "I" is damaged, then he can't survive.

3. A true friend should tell the truth, no matter how sharp it is.

4. The common cause and struggle can make people have the power to endure everything.

5. Stand in the ranks of front-line soldiers at any occasion in life.

6. The so-called friendship, first of all, is sincerity, which is a criticism of comrades' mistakes.