Mother -- Essential Reading for Quality Education of Adolescents, Cherry Blossom Edition

Author: Li Jie
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Maxim Gorky was a renowned Russian writer and one of the great representatives of world proletarian literature. Mother is Gorky's masterpiece, depicting the development of the workers' movement and the awakening of the masses before the Russian October Revolution. It was highly praised by the world proletarian revolutionary leader Lenin. One of the protagonists of Mother is Pavel, a proletarian revolutionary who grew from an ordinary worker. The author poured his own revolutionary understanding and passion into him, reflecting the development of the Russian workers' movement through him. The other protagonist is the Mother, who gradually awakens and, inspired by her son, joins the revolution, transforming from a suppressed victim of the feudal era into a passionate and determined revolutionary fighter. The author reveals the profound and vast social background of the time through her. The novel Mother is one of the finest works of the great Russian proletarian writer Gorky. This novel profoundly reflects the magnificent mass revolutionary struggle led by the Russian proletarian party in the early 20th century and created the image of a proletarian hero with socialist consciousness. The novel portrays the life of the old fitter Il' Vlasov and the transformation of his son, showing how the working class moved from spontaneity to consciousness through the experiences of this family. The Mother's image is very important in this novel. Her awakening process fully demonstrates the historical trend that the masses, under the education of the party, inevitably move towards the revolutionary path. The publication of Mother greatly encouraged and educated the broad revolutionary masses, and was hailed by Lenin as a "very timely book."