The writing time of The Poor is a period of unprecedented intensification of class contradictions in Russian history. The feudal serfdom gradually collapsed, and the voice of the broad masses of the people against the czar's autocracy grew louder and louder, gradually forming the climax of the Russian bourgeois democratic revolution.
During this period, the nobility and bourgeoisie drained the people's blood and sweat, lived in luxury and lost their morality; The broad masses of working people live in extreme poverty, but their moral sentiments are noble and simple. The novel The Poor Man truly reflects the miserable life and noble character of the working people in this historical period.
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The full text can be divided into three parts:
The first part (1~2) background. Highlighted the sinister environment, Sang Na's attention (willies). And the hardships and difficulties of her family.
What happened in the second part (3~ 1 1). Write about Sang Na visiting his neighbor Simon. I found her dead, so I took back two orphans.
The third part (12~27) The fisherman came back from the sea, heard that Simon had died, and offered to take Simon's children to raise. Husband and wife have the same idea.
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