The writing background of "The Poor"

Creative background:

The article "The Poor" was written during a period when class contradictions intensified unprecedentedly in Russian history. Feudal serfdom collapsed step by step, and the resistance struggle of the broad masses of the people against the tsarist autocracy was growing day by day, gradually forming the climax of the Russian bourgeois democratic revolution.

During this period, the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie sucked the blood and sweat of the people, leading a luxurious life and moral degradation; the majority of working people lived in extreme poverty, but their moral sentiments were noble and simple. The novel "The Poor" truly reflects the suffering life of the working people and their noble moral character in this historical period.

Extended information

The full text can be divided into three parts:

The first part (1~2) background. It highlights the danger of the environment and Sanna's level of worry (frightening). And the hardship and difficulty of her family’s life.

Part 2 (3~11) What happened. It is written that Sanna went to visit her female neighbor Simon and found that she was dead, so she took back the two orphans.

The third part (12~27) The fisherman returned from the sea and heard that Simon was dead. He offered to take Simon’s child over and raise him. The couple’s ideas coincided with each other.

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