Paul thinks about the value of life
1. Paul is recovering from illness.
2. Thinking about the value of life when facing the new students in front of the martyrs’ tombs in memory of the martyrs.
3. After Paul experienced the test of life and death many times.
4. When he decided to end his pain with death.
Paul is worthy of a real piece of steel, and also worthy of his famous saying: The most precious thing for people is life. Everyone has only one life. A person's life should be spent like this: When he recalls the past When the time comes, he will not regret wasting his years.
Nor will he be ashamed of his inaction. When he is dying, he can say: My whole life and all my energy have been dedicated to the most magnificent cause in the world - for mankind. Struggle for liberation. Man should hurry to live life to the fullest, because unexpected illness and tragic accidents can end his life at any time.
Paul's character
Paul has the spirit of dedication to his ideals, the iron will and the noble quality of tenacious struggle. He is a typical image with an autobiographical nature based on the author himself. The author describes Paul based on his own life experience and true feelings. Therefore, Paul's moving deeds are not artistic fiction, but basically real people, but they are real, so they are more touching.
However, the author objects to treating this novel as a complete autobiography of the writer because "this is a novel, not a biography." He concentrated on Paul the thoughts and character traits of many similar characters of his time, using a typical approach.
He said: "In this book, I am not writing about Paul Korchagin, but about millions of Korchagins who are fighting for their own happiness. Millions of men and women who went into battle! "Paul's image is both autobiographical and summary. He is the most glorious and typical representative of the young generation of socialism.