1. The most precious thing for a person is life, and life is only once for a person. Therefore, a person's life should be spent like this: when a person looks back on the past, he will not regret for wasting his years, nor will he be ashamed of being inactive. In this way, when he was dying, he could say: I dedicated my whole life and all my energy to the most precious cause in life - fighting for the liberation of mankind. We must live in a hurry because even a sudden illness or accident can end our lives.

Annotation: When a person is healthy and full of youthful vitality, being strong is relatively simple and easy to do. Only when life holds you tightly like an iron ring, being strong is a glorious achievement.

2. Even when life is really unbearable, you must find a way to survive. Life will always be useful.

Annotation: Only when a person defeats the enemy and himself in the hardships of the revolution, and only when he links his pursuit with the interests of the motherland and the people, can he create miracles and achieve success. Grow into an Iron Warrior.

3. Put away your gun and don’t tell anyone. Even if life is unbearable, you must persevere. Only then can such a life become valuable.

Commentary: Any fool can end himself at any time. This is the cowardest and easiest way out. Even when life is really unbearable, you must find a way to survive. Life will always be useful.

4. Steel is made by burning in a fire and being highly cooled, so it is very strong. Our generation has also been tempered by struggle and hard trials, and has learned never to lose heart in life.

Annotation: Paul is a resolute and strong revolutionary warrior who has withstood severe tests in all aspects of his life. He was unyielding in the face of the enemy's torture; he marched forward bravely on the battlefield filled with bullets; and in the fight against the life-devouring disease, he kept the god of death at bay many times and created the miracle of "resurrection". In particular, the process of him struggling to climb to the palace of art while on the hospital bed shows the highest state that a revolutionary warrior can achieve with his steely will.

5. I have experienced the pain of abandonment and betrayal in my life, but one thing has saved me: my life is always purposeful and meaningful, and this is for fight for socialism.

Annotation: After becoming paralyzed and blind, all he needed in life was to continue working for the party. As he said: "My whole life and all my energy have been dedicated to the most magnificent cause in the world - the struggle for the liberation of mankind." The spirit of dedication to his ideals was his salvation in the face of suffering. His steely will and noble quality of tenacious struggle made his revolutionary career possible.

Character Introduction

1. Paul Korchagin

Born into a poor Ukrainian railway worker family, he lost his father at an early age and was very poor. My mother had to do laundry and cooking for others to make ends meet. It wasn't until my brother started working that things improved. Later he worked for the Provincial Counterrevolutionary Committee. His wife is Daya Korchakina, his third lover.

Paul’s character: tenacious, persistent, hard-working, enterprising, brave, dedicated, tolerant, honest, strong, and unyielding to fate.

Paul spirit: the spirit of self-sacrifice, the tenacious will, the unswerving faith, the spirit of loving reading.

2. Tonya

Paul’s first love was the daughter of a forest officer; she was pure, kind, and beautiful. She once introduced the novel "Gadfly" to Paul. This book inspired his thinking.

Donya met Paul Korchagin by chance. Because of his stubbornness and enthusiasm, she unconsciously liked him. However, due to her class background, she did not have the same relationship with him at that time. Like many young people who went to participate in the great struggle to defend the Soviet power, Paul gave up their feelings.