Man's life should be spent in such a way that when he recalls the past, he will not regret his wasted years, nor will he be ashamed of his inaction. --Ostolovsky
In these past events, there must be a yellowing of sorrow and joy. I guess love deserves a place. ——XuGong of Weishui
(1) Clutch in the book, sigh outside the book
Paul Kochakin in the book comes from a poor background, while Tonya Tumanova comes from a wealthy family. By our current standards, these two people, say nothing, can be together.
But they fell in love. The story came so suddenly.
The first meeting of two people has nothing to do with "romance". Tonya is beautiful and charming, and there are many people who pursue her. On this very day, young master Sukhariko pestered Tonya by the river, and at the same time, he also provoked Paul Kochakin, who was quietly fishing.
Of course, Paul did not hesitate at all, and two punches beat Suhariko into the river, and the indispensable young master became a chicken in the soup. Tonya's heart was simply not too cool: the old lady had long wanted to beat him!
When they met again, the two began to talk like friends who had been separated for a long time. Chatting and talking, Paul suddenly found that it was time for him to go to the construction site to move bricks! He decided to run over quickly, but he never expected that Tonya would run almost as fast as he did.
After a long run, Tonya was exhausted, her head resting on his shoulder.
That's it
Pure and thorough
First love, if you don't pay attention, it will take root in your heart. Moving is a matter of worrying about the stomach.
But fate does not allow them to look like each other, and in the blink of an eye, they will face separation.
Unbeknownst to Paul Kochagin, his fate belonged to a vast stream of red iron.
He only knew that this time they were separated, and he didn't know how long it would take to reunite.
They cherish every minute and every second before they leave. On the night before parting, they didn't even want to go to sleep. The two looked at each other and seemed to have endless love words:
Tonya, when the situation is settled, I will definitely be able to become an electrician, if you don't hate me, if you really love me, not a joke, I must be your good husband, I will never beat you, if I bully you, I will not be able to die.
But they met again, years later. Paul was a plainly dressed Red Army soldier, and Tonya was still a rich man.
She didn't want to understand his ideals, and he couldn't understand her style. The gap between the two has deepened and can no longer be repaired.
The affectionate vows of my youth ended so fruitlessly after the change of things and human beings.
(2) Read into the book and see outside the book
According to the official interpretation of the former Soviet Union, the prototype of Tonya was Lyubba Bolisevich.
In her memoirs, she wrote:
At that time, I often went to the pond and bathed near the willow tree at the pumping station. Once I came here and saw a young man sitting under a willow tree fishing.
I approached him and asked if the fish was hooked, and he replied, "Of course, if it is hooked, but if it is disturbed, then nothing can be caught." Then we talked.
While we were reading together, two middle school students came over. One of them was probably Yurik, the son of the railway foreman, and the other was Starik. They wanted to get to know me, so they laughed and teased Goria.
So Goria punished them both—beating one of them and throwing the other in a white school uniform into the pond.
This is almost exactly the same as what is said in the book "Steel".
The two became intimate, and Ostolovsky even told her about his stealing of pistols and rescuing sailors.
And such a thing, once leaked out, the light will be jailed, and the heavy will be killed.
But he still shared his most precious secret with her. She happily kept secrets for him, and hid them until the end of the world.
Ostolovsky died in 1936 at the age of 32. But Bolisevich lived a long life, and in 1988, the writer Zinkovich gave her an interview.
At this time, she still has a longing for her first love. In her old age, she can't remember what happened in front of her, but she still remembers her memories of her youth.
This is a long love affair that spans life and death, and it is also an elegy for the love of the past.
(3) Inside and outside the book, life and death are unswerving
Ostolovsky wrote in the letter:
I've never experienced the feeling of affection for a woman, only this time, when I met you, Lyubba. Now I even think, Liuba, if there were God, God Himself would scoop a spoonful of personal happiness and joy to me...
But they failed to taste happiness and joy. Nor did God bring them blessings.
Ostolovsky experienced hardships and hardships in his short life. He was poor since childhood, displaced during the revolution, and paralyzed by injuries and illnesses. Shortly after publishing his book How Steel is Made, he died of illness.
And for Bolišević, suffering haunted her almost every day of her long life.
After she broke up with Ostolovsky, she married someone else. Soon after, she witnessed the horrific Purge. This was followed by the invasion of Nazi Germany. Her husband also died in the midst of the catastrophe.
If Ostolovsky had been alive, he would never have tolerated it, and the motherland, for which he had shed all his blood, would have become like this.
He escaped the tragedy, and Bolisevich, and all the people of integrity and goodness, were the greatest victims of it.
Although she had suffered, she had never forgotten him.
She visited the Ostolovsky Memorial Several times and donated money to maintain it. In addition to this, she visited his family several times after his death.
Ostolovsky's niece Galina once said: "Bolisevich is a very approachable and modest woman. This shows that this elder has taken root in her heart.
I think this is the true meaning of "life and death".
In the face of true love, don't say anything about rich and poor and distance, even if you live and die, you can't block the long flow of love.
(4) The era in the book, the catastrophe outside the book
Famous books are famous because they contain a lot of information.
This "Steel" is Ostolovsky's autobiography. We can see that this author has no systematic writing education. But his works still survive to this day.
The greatest value of this book,
It lies in the case of a big time
Faithfully recorded, that's all
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Some people, seeing a fiery relationship, will strangle Paul and Tonya's love affair, and they will also sigh for Seryosha and Lida.
Some people see Paul's fiery enthusiasm at work. They enshrined the Paul spirit as a guideline, and with extraordinary enthusiasm, they threw themselves into their own business.
Some people, on the other hand, are constantly reflecting on themselves: Have I wasted my years, and have I done nothing?
In the eyes of a thousand people, there are a thousand Paul Kochagin, and there are also a thousand kinds of Steel.
And in my opinion, under that big era, countless beings were wrapped up in the big time and crushed by the ruthless giant wheel. Their fate is not as simple as a few pages in a history book.
Even the torrent of the times did not wash away her true feelings for him, nor did it make her forget the "Paul Kochakin" in her memories.
In her opinion, all beings are bitter, and only memories are sweet.
(End)