A few things about the main characters in How Steel was Tempered
The profound understanding of the October Revolution and the incomparable love for the Soviet regime made Pavel Colta King's dedication to the cause of this class stronger and stronger. On the battlefield, Paul is fearless and full of hatred for the old world. During the three-year civil war, the national economy of the Soviet Union was severely damaged. The extreme lack of food and fuel seriously threatened the survival of the Soviet regime, especially when winter was coming. In order to solve the problem of burning firewood in cities, the Party must build a railway from Podel Card Station to the forest to transport firewood to cities. This is an extremely arduous task and a severe test for Pavel Colta King and his comrades. In that rainy late autumn season, cold raindrops soaked people's bodies through their clothes. Every night, they would lie on the cold concrete floor and sleep. We have to try our best to keep warm with each other's body temperatures. We eat "a pound and a half of black bread like anthracite" every day. In addition, the Auric gang keeps launching attacks. Even under such difficult conditions, they finished the task ahead of time. When the tragedy of "total loss of physical strength" came to Paul, he also wavered and tried to commit suicide, but after fierce ideological struggle, he finally defeated himself and pulled himself together again.