An overview of childhood figures

The young man "Xiaoshigang" was an abandoned baby, adopted by his grandmother and became an employee of his grandfather when he grew up. He is industrious and capable, and his strength is boundless. Although he is used by his grandfather and uncle as a cow and horse, he is still very kind and optimistic. Compared with the young man "Xiaoshigang", the tenant "Good Thing" is an adult with a thorough understanding and perception of life. He is one of countless outstanding figures in the motherland. He is knowledgeable and teaches Aletha to observe and discover life attentively, and do everything he does skillfully. These people are loved and revered by Aletha. They have had an important influence on the formation of Alisa's outlook on life, and aroused Alisa's warm yearning for life from the front. These people have opened their hearts to Aletha to varying degrees, helping him understand that there are healthy and creative things in life besides scandals. The author wrote in his works: "When I was a child, I imagined myself as a beehive. Some ordinary people, like bees, sent their knowledge and ideas about life there. Everyone tried their best to enrich my mind generously. This kind of honey is often dirty and bitter, but this knowledge is still honey. "

Grandma is kind, smart and capable, loves life, has patience with everyone and has a holy and broad mind. She is like a bright lamp, illuminating alessa's sensitive and lonely heart. She often tells alessa some poor and weak folk stories that praise justice and light. Her influence on Aletha was just as Gorky wrote later: "Before she came, I seemed to sleep in the dark, but as soon as she appeared, she woke me up and took me to a bright place ... It was her selfless love for the world that enriched me and enriched me. In addition, there are optimistic and simple Xiaoshigang, honest old worker grigori and the "good things" of intellectuals who devoted themselves to science, all of which gave Aletha strength and support, so that he still maintained his courage and confidence in life in a dark and dirty environment and gradually grew into a strong, brave, honest and caring person. For example, the scene description of a fight at my grandfather's house:

The two uncles suddenly stood up, reached across the table, shouted at grandpa, bared their teeth like dogs, and trembled all over. Grandfather knocked on the table with a spoon, flushed and crowed like a rooster:

"Tell you all to beg!"

My grandmother's face changed with pain and said:

"Give them all up, and you will end peacefully. Divide it! "

"Shut up, you are used to it!" Grandpa shouted, his eyes shining. It is strange that although he is small, his ears shake when he screams.

Although this passage is not long, it writes a messy fighting scene in a hierarchical way, vividly describing everyone's movements, expressions and moods, which makes people feel immersive after reading it. In the whole work of Childhood, Gorky vividly describes his grandmother's appearance, for example, "When she smiles, her eyes, as black as black cherries, are round and shining with unbearable pleasure. In her smile, she happily showed solid white teeth. Although there are many wrinkles on her dark cheeks, her whole face still looks young and bright. But this face was ruined by a soft nose, swollen nostrils and a red nose tip. She sniffed tobacco from a black snuff bottle inlaid with silver. Her clothes are all black, but through her eyes, an eternal, happy and warm light comes from her heart. She is almost hunchbacked and fat, but she is as light and agile as a big cat and as soft as this lovely animal. " The image of grandma appeared immediately, especially her mysterious black dress, which seemed to contain little-known secrets.

Grandpa is a great nuisance to alessa. There is always bitter irony in the description of appearance and the carving of inner world. He is short and thin, only his grandmother's shoulder is high, he walks fast and thin, selfish and cruel, savage and rude, and he always hits people and curses, even if something goes wrong, he will have hysterical attacks. In order to maintain his shaky position as a small business owner and a broken family, he cruelly abused the workers' buddies, even broke off relations with his six relatives, and drove grigori, an old craftsman who had worked for him all his life, out of the house. He has to fend for himself with his wife who has lived with him all his life. With money, you will be arrogant and arbitrary. After bankruptcy, he became more greedy, stingy and depressed. Material bankruptcy, mental breakdown. Although this bourgeoisie still has a trace of humanity, for example, when he was young, he worked as a tracker on the Volga River, lived a poor and heavy life, and was a fighter and soldier of life. When he told Aletha about his experiences at that time, he showed a sincere and excited expression. Another example is his name is alessa, and he also shows his love for alessa. But all this can't hide his cruelty and selfishness in the whole human nature. Aletha is very disgusted with grandpa's bad behavior, especially hitting his kind grandmother for no reason. He was furious and took revenge on his grandfather. This kind of disgust and anger also exists in the author's mind. Through the description of Aletha's rebellion against his grandfather, the author expresses his contempt, disgust and denial of the kind of people represented by his grandfather, and also expresses his denial of the filth and filth of ordinary citizens.