From the mind map of "Childhood", the second volume of the seventh-grade Chinese language published by the People's Education Press:

"Childhood" is the first part of Gorky's famous autobiographical trilogy. The trilogy is "Childhood" (1913), "In the World" (1916), and "My University" (1923). The trilogy describes the growth process of "my". From this we can understand Gorky's growth process. Extended information

Main content:

This book vividly reproduces the Russian lower class in the 1870s and 1980s by telling Alyosha's childhood life from the age of three to ten. the living conditions of working people. The main characters are: Alyosha? Hearing stories told by his grandmother, the optimistic and simple little Gypsy, the upright old worker Grigory, and the intellectual "Good Things" who are dedicated to science, all gave Alyosha strength and strength. Help;

He maintained the courage and confidence to live in a dark and dirty environment, and gradually grew into a strong, brave, upright and loving person.

Grandma was like a bright light that illuminated Alyosha’s sensitive and lonely heart. She often told him folk stories that sympathized with the poor and weak, and praised justice and light. Kind, kind, smart and capable, loving life, broad-minded, and good at tolerance.

My grandfather often beat his grandmother and children severely. For example, Alexei was beaten unconscious because he stained a piece of cloth. He ruthlessly exploited workers, secretly engaged in loan sharking, and encouraged helpers to steal things. Stingy, greedy, tyrannical, cruel. It reflects two different people in Russia in the 1870s and 1980s, under the rule of darkness.

And the heroine’s influence on the author! He also praised his mistress for being kind, smart, capable, loving life, tolerant to everyone, and having a broad mind like a saint.