Appreciation of "How Steel is Made": To be alive is to be meaningful

Author: Mei He

First, a strong Bolshevik warrior is telling us with his life that to live is meaning

The spring outside the window is bright, and the flowers by the river are blooming, and they are very charming. Standing on a tall building and looking out, the fields on the outskirts of the distance are yellow and green, it is rape flowers and wheat seedlings, and the long-lost nature is back!

Wave after wave of the epidemic in 2022 spread from Shanghai to Henan like an ocean wave, to every corner of the Taihang Mountains. This is a restless virus, it is raging on human fireworks, disrupting the daily life of happy people, isolation, snail dwelling, silence, widowhood... In this day of disrupting normalcy and reversing black and white, I chose a beneficial reading life of opening the book. Let me also be a soldier in a war without smoke, for everyone's safety, stay at home, behind closed doors, study, read "How Steel is Made", let the soul accept the baptism of a war, let the mind experience the spiritual outlook of the Soviet youth who fought for the honor of the motherland.

Writer Ostrovsky created Paul in the novel How Steel is Made. Kochakin, such a heroic figure who conformed to the social background and the spirit of the times, which was a product of the times and a typical figure in literary works, more than a hundred years later, Paul. The image of the fighter on Kochagin still influences generations of struggling young people, fighting for ideals, fighting for peace, fighting for the harmonious coexistence of human society, and the Paul spirit is a spirit of self-improvement and self-improvement, which transcends class and crosses the country through time and space, and becomes an eternal value.

The reason why it has become a classic masterpiece is because it can bring the same feeling to different readers, no matter how the times change, the human nature written in the book has something in common, which is the charm of the classic.

Book from Paul. Kochakin's teenager began to write that the life of an out-of-school teenager was cruel and tragic, he was bullied everywhere, but he bravely stood up under oppression and challenged fate.

A person's growth background and living environment shape a person's personality, determine the depth of a person's thoughts and the future direction of life, as well as its ultimate destiny. Paul's life is rich in emotions, he has experienced love, friendship, war friendship, brotherhood, in the continuous battle to cultivate a warrior spirit, in the writer's pen, he is not an artistic figure who soars into the air, but a living flesh and blood soul figure, his ignorant first love, his unsophisticated emotional entanglement, the indomitable will he honed in battle, his ideological contradictions in the struggle against class enemies, his retreat and dilemma after illness, everything he experiences is telling the reader, He is the strivers around us, they are not born steel warriors, they also have times of distress and confusion, helplessness and despair, but they finally persevere and become real warriors.

Their class feelings are cultivated in constant battles, and their loyalty and faith in the Party grow in constant errors and corrections. Those who can deeply understand their mistakes and dare to reflect on themselves are the real Bolshevik warriors.

How is steel made? It is tempered under the impact of water and fire, in the struggle between the body and the will.

Everyone thinks of death and escape in the face of illness and difficulties, and Paul is no exception, when he learns that he can no longer work, he wants to die, he wants to go away, but when he thinks that there are still people around him who need his help, and his communist ideals have not yet been realized, he plucks up courage, this is the fearless sacrifice of a soldier, a soldier who has withstood the test of war must be a brave person, a strong person, a person willing to dedicate himself.

He understands the preciousness and difficulty of life, he knows the meaning and true meaning of life even more, as long as he lives, there are all possibilities; as long as he lives, he can continue to fight. This is the simplest belief of a Bolshevik warrior, who tells us with his life that living has meaning.

Second, "The two of us can form a party group!" ”

"The old elms stood unhappily, their wrinkles hidden under brown moss, and the relentless autumn stripped them of their dresses, and they had to stand there naked."

Scenes like this are rarely described in the novel, and the scenery is rarely used to set off the atmosphere, but the dialogue and narrative in the article are like pieces of steel, straightforward, powerful, and unpretentious.

If the author's writing skills are like the pace of the warrior "one two one", then his writing rhythm is definitely the warrior's slogan "one two three four", orderly, sonorous and powerful.

In the third chapter of the second part, he begins with this: "Youth has triumphed. Typhoid fever did not take Paul's life. This was his fourth death. "Three sentences, three full stops, short and powerful, with a loud voice, explain a lot of things, but also omit the process. Immediately after, the author uses the scene description: "The snow has begun to melt, and the small puddles of snow and water are shining in the sun." It's already early spring weather outside when the snow and ice melt. In the cherry tree next to the window stood a gray-breasted sparrow, which from time to time peeked at Paul with its astute little eyes. ”

Under such an environment, Paul, who is difficult to die, has a sense of life after the death and resurrection: "A person's life should be spent like this: when he looks back on the past, he will not be resentful for wasting his years, nor will he be ashamed of his inaction." This is the most classic quote in this novel, which has inspired countless teenagers to work hard, brought hope and pursuit in life to many young people, and even became the motto of strivers.

Only when there is a goal in the heart will there be motivation in life; there will be hope in the heart, and there will be light in the eyes. Young Paul was not intimidated by his disabled body or overwhelmed by the loss of his job, he kept racing against life, making plans every day, always feeling that time was running out, he worked selflessly, influencing everyone around him with his love and efforts, including his wife. When his wife became a true party member, his welcome speech turned out to be: "We can both form a party group." "Only when there is faith in the heart will life have meaning." This is Paul's selfless dedication, and it is also an example for each of our party members to learn from for life.

Three, "From now on, I will never smoke again!" ”

A strong person must be a person who does what he says. Paul has been a smoker since he was a child, and one day he suddenly announced, "From now on, I will never smoke again!" When it was said that habits were stronger than man's will, Paul said firmly: "It is man who dominates habits, not habits that dominate people." He slowly took the cigarette from his mouth, kneaded it into a ball, and said, "If a person can't get rid of bad habits, then he is worth nothing." ”

A large tree, even if its tops are cut off, will not die, because its strong and powerful roots are deeply rooted in the soil. This root is the correct concept of life established by constantly overcoming one's own bad faults.

Paul is not an outdated hero, much less a meteor, his name is like steel, and only those who need it can understand its power.

The moment I closed the book, I thought about the current epidemic, the news on the Internet is sometimes bad and sometimes good, and people with weak wills begin to shake their beliefs, is the earth really going to be destroyed? Is the virus really going to exterminate humanity? Restless people began to stir up trouble, create rumors, make the country difficult to get rich, and perform some small actions that could not be put on the table... Soon, everything was calmed down again. In this country, there are always people with positive energy spreading strength and warmth.

What if Paul could live now? Will he drag his disabled body into the team of voluntary testing? He would say firmly, "Let me come, I'm a party member!" "? Yes, definitely! Because he has always been around us, he has never gone far.

This is the meaning of excellent literary works. It is like a series of ripples caused by a stone thrown into the water, silent but profound.

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