"How the Steel Was Tempered" vividly demonstrates the heroic spirit of a revolutionary soldier in overcoming illness and never falling behind. With great Ostrovsky

artistic appeal, he reproduced how the first generation of Communist Youth League members of the Soviet Union overcame all the difficulties and dangers in their lives to realize their socialist ideals. A true picture of a grueling struggle. The protagonist Paul Korchagin is the youngest son of a poor working class family in a town in Ukraine. His father died early, his mother worked as a cook in a wealthy family, and his brother Artyom is a railway worker. He has experienced exploitation and oppression under the capitalist system. human suffering. After dropping out of school, he worked as a waiter in the station canteen and as a worker in a power plant. Later he met Tonya, the daughter of a forest officer. His low social status and hard life have created an indomitable character. After the outbreak of the October Revolution, the red regime was jointly besieged by foreign intervention and domestic reactionaries: the political situation in Ukraine was also unprecedentedly violent and turbulent. Paul met Zhukhlai through his brother. Zhukhlai was an old Bolshevik who had been left behind in the town when the Red Army retreated. Zhu He came to teach Paul British boxing and cultivated Paul's simple revolutionary enthusiasm. Once, Paul himself was imprisoned for rescuing Zhu Helai. Then the stupid enemy quickly misplaced him: after being released from prison, Paul panicked and jumped into the garden of Tonya's house. Tonya likes Paul who is enthusiastic, stubborn and strong in personality. Paul is also deeply attracted by Tonya who is beautiful, neat and elegant, and does not look down on workers like other children from rich families. Later, Paul joined the Red Army under the influence of Zhu Helai. Becoming one of the bravest soldiers in the famous Budyonni Cavalry Division, he and his comrades once charged the enemy seventeen times a day. After fighting, he also liked to read novels such as "Gadfly" and "Spartacus", and would tell them to his comrades whenever he had time. In a fierce battle, he was seriously injured on the head and was sent to the hospital: after being discharged, Paul lived in the home of Tonya's relatives. He was blind in one eye and could no longer return to the front line, but he immediately threw himself into various arduous tasks in the local area. Once attending a gathering of comrades among workers, Paul was ridiculed and ridiculed by the workers because he took Tonya, who was beautifully and neatly dressed, with him. Paul realized that Tonya and he were not of the same class, and hoped that she could stand on the same front with him, but was rejected, and the relationship between the two had to split. In order to supply the city with lumber, Paul participated in railway construction. Autumn rain, mud, heavy snow, frozen soil, working conditions are getting worse and worse. Harassment by armed bandits, disease, and hunger also threaten Paul and his comrades. However, the railway was still completed as scheduled. Zhu Helai, who had been promoted to a member of the Provincial Party Committee, was deeply moved by their revolutionary enthusiasm and said: "This is how steel is made." Due to his outstanding achievements, Paul was appointed as the Youth League Secretary of a railway factory. The female political commissar Lida often helped Paul to improve his awareness and do a good job. Paul gradually fell in love with Lida, but gave up his second budding love on the grounds of revolution. Paul returned to his hometown again due to typhoid fever and was admitted to the hospital. He also contracted pneumonia. The pneumonia recovered, but the doctor found a fatal hidden wound left by shrapnel on his spine. While recuperating in his hometown, Paul went to pay homage to his comrades in front of Lietu's tomb. He was filled with emotion and made a touching and shocking speech: "The most precious thing for people is life. Everyone has only one life. This is how a person's life should be. Spend time: When recalling the past, he will not regret for wasting his years, nor will he be ashamed for doing nothing; 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 - the struggle for human liberation. '" After recovering from his illness, Paul devoted himself selflessly to revolutionary work: in his work, he resolutely fought against all kinds of non-mainstream ideas and "evil trends". During the struggle, he was very sad about the "deterioration" of his comrade-in-arms Dubava and resolutely criticized... Paul's physical condition became worse and worse. In 1924, the party organization had to relieve him of all the burdens and let him recuperate for a long time. His eyesight is getting worse. While recuperating at the beach, Paul met Daya, a girl from a working-class family: in Daya's home, Paul encouraged Daya to rebel against her stubborn father and guided her to join the Soviet Union. Daya and Paul get married. In 1927, Paul was completely paralyzed and subsequently blind. He was once discouraged and lost the courage to live, but his strong revolutionary belief brought him out of the trough. Under extremely difficult conditions, Paul began literary creation.

In 1934, with the help of his mother, wife and comrades, his first novella "Born of the Storm" was finally published! Paul was very happy. He had a new revolutionary weapon-writing.