My Childhood

Summary: After reading this book I was shocked and moved by the little boy in the story. The writer let me feel the braveness and kindness in the book.

First, I want to introduce the writer to you. The writer is Maksim Gorky (1868~1936) He is the former Soviet Union proletarian writer, the founder of socialist realism literature. He was poor, his father died when he was 11-year-old .He and working people shared their fate, and personal experience of capitalist. Gorky is not only a great writer, but also an outstanding community activist. He had set up the Soviet Writers Association, and presided over a congress of the Soviet Union .Gorky's works began to be introduced to China since 1907. His outstanding literary works and books bands in the world-off Class common wealth.

There are four main characters in the story. They are Alexis, his mother Varia, his grandfather and his grandmother. They are totally different.

His mother is a poor but kind woman. Her little son died when he was born. Her husband was died too. Then she married with another man ,but the man always maltreats her.

His grandmother was also a kind woman. She brought up Alexis and gave courage and kindness to Alexis. But unfortunately, his husband always hit her and she died because of illness at last.

His grandfather was a stingy and fierce man. He always maltreats his wife and Alexis. He just loved his money.

The protagonist of this novel was a boy named Alexis. His father died when he was only 3 years old. He followed his mother and came to her mother’home. His grandfather is a violent man. His two uncles are also selfish. His grandfather often hit his wife and his grandson. Little Alexis was maltreated in the family and grew up gradually. However, his grandmother is a kind woman. She is the warm sun of Alexis, she tried her best to protect Alexis. His two uncles wants to get his father’money and

always fight with their father. The old couple were very disappointed with their son.

Finally, the old man decided to separate with them. He sold the old house and bought another home in the city. At that time , his mother came home and married with another man and had a little boy. His stepfather often maltreats his wife and disappeared some days later. He grandfather wanted to earn more money and sold the house. He lent the money to others in order to get more interest and rented a small room to live. He got more and more stingy and did not give any money to his wife. Alexis and his grandmother have to make money by themselves. After some days, his mother got ill and his grandmother was also unhealthy. Unfortunately, his mother died at last. He lost his dear mother. His grandfather did not want to bring him up and let him get out of the home to live in the society by himself. Then he left the home, it also means that his childhood was over.

Personal understanding:

After reading this novel, I can not calm down for a long time. He was so young and lives in such a cold family. He almost never gets the love form his parents. In fact ,the writer wanted to express himself through Alexis. Alexis was like himself. Gorky expressed his childhood through Alexis. This book makes me realize these ugly people at that time. If we with compare our childhood with Gorky’s, we would think his childhood is too pathetic.

I want to express my feeling to Alexis. He was young and he did not receive good education. He lived with the fights and quarrels of his families. He was unlucky but he still knew how to be a good person. We are so lucky to live in a warm family. But most of us are not satisfied with it and we want more. We do not know how to cherish the things we have. We often ask for everything from our parents and depend them too much. If someone bully us outside, our parents will encourage us, but for Alexis, nobody will help him and his grandfather even maltreats him. What a poor boy he is. Now, we should realize that we should depend on ourselves and cherish our families. Facing the difficulties by ourselves and try to be confident to life. There must be something that make us despairing, however we should learn form the author and look for the happiness from the pain and look for the hope from the despair. Try to be a

kind and optimistic person, never lose confidence. Our future will be bright.

The next aspect in the novel is the old man, the grandfather of Alexis. What a selfish man he is. Alexis was his grandson, he did not care about him but maltreat him. His wife born three children for him but he did not love her at all. He just love his money. His character represented many people at that time. And the author wanted to satirize these people by this character. He was an important character in this novel and an important person for Alexis. But he did not be responsible for Alexis. Alexis was so unlucky to have such a bad grandfather. And his grandmother was so unlucky to have such a violent husband.

The most kind and pitiful person was Alexis’grandmother. She was the most attractive woman in the literal history of Russia. She did not live a happy day in her whole life. She was so industrious and simple, maybe she just want a simple life. She just want her children could be happy and her husband could love her even did not maltreat her. But her simple dream did not come true. It was unfair for such a kind woman. She lived an unhappy life everyday, but she still love her grandson. She represented these industrious woman at that time. She gave her love to Alexis and hold the broken family. She was so tried everyday with the housework and the maltreatment. I sympathize her very much. She was moved by those money earned by Alexis and Alexis was the hope to her. They encouraged each other to live a bright life.

After reading this book, I think the most important thing is to be strong. Gorky was strong enough to grow up in such a bad environment and became an excellent writer. The society is developing fast but the people are becoming fragile. We must experience some difficulties in our life. After reading the last page , Alexis’s childhood was over , there is a different life waiting for him.

Good luck to him. Good luck to everyone.

第二篇：高尔基《童年》读后感

在逆境中勇往直前

——读高尔基《童年》有感

大多数孩子的童年生活是绚丽多彩的,他们的记忆中，有数不尽的美食和玩具，有父母师长的呵护关爱，有天真无邪的友谊，童年就是一段无忧无虑的快乐时光。但并非每个人都有这样幸福的童年，前苏联著名作家高尔基就没有如此幸运。

高尔基著名的自传体小说《童年》为我们讲述了一位孤独少年阿廖沙的成长故事。小主人公阿廖沙很小的时候就失去了父亲，随母亲寄住在外祖父家中，他的童年在一个令人窒息、充满可怕景象的狭小天地中度过。然而生活的困苦并没有使他退却，他坚信黑暗终将过去，未来将会一片光明。他勤于学习，刻苦耐劳，严峻的生活使阿廖沙锻炼成长为一个意志刚强、有理想有作为的人。

在生活中，多数的人面对苦难和挫折会选择望而止步，高尔基却告诉我们，只有勇往直前才会品尝到成功的喜悦。司马迁戴罪忍辱写出了被誉为“史家之绝唱，无韵之离骚”的鸿篇巨著《史记》；明代著名的医学家李时珍，曾三次考举人，三次失败，后来立志学医，终于写成了流传千古的《本草纲目》； 从小举止迟钝、被人嘲讽为“干什么都不会有作为”的笨学生爱因斯坦凭着“勤奋、正确的方法和少说空话”这三件法宝，最终成为世界公认的科学巨人?? 再看看我们身边，也有着许多勇敢、坚毅的少年，如省吃俭用捡废品为爸爸买西装的朱恩汉、尽心尽力照顾养父和奶奶的薛馥华、几年如一日帮助妈妈送牛奶的王延俊，他们有的生活在单亲家庭，有的家里极度贫困，有的亲人身患重病，但尽管生活在恶劣的环境之中，他们的心中却从未放弃过希望，顽强地与命运抗争，同时尽自己的微薄之力回报亲人、回报社会。

和他们相比，我不禁感到有些羞愧。我们拥有优越的生活学习环境，但却缺少在逆境中勇往直前、迎难而上的精神，稍有不如意就怨天尤人，遇到困难就轻言放弃。高尔基用自己的故事让我明白：在漫长的人生道路上，我们无法选择逆境与顺境，但我们可以选择不同的态度，不应埋怨命运的坎坷多舛，也不要叹恨生活的无情磨练，逆境中的人更能正视自我，更能挖掘自己的勇气和巨大潜力，只要心中充满希望，奋勇拼搏，最终一定能走向成功的彼岸。