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Assignment: Analyze and express thoughts on The Children excerpted in Childhood
Analysis and express thoughts on The Children excerpted in Childhood
Assignment:
M.X.Gorki once stated 'Literature is anthropology'. His viewpoint on literature being intertwined with humanity has become a guiding principle for many of his works. It is from the essence of human experience that artistic creation springs forth, and it is through this lens that M.X.Gorki crafted timeless pieces of his era. One such work is 'Childhood' and particularly, the excerpt The children have left a profound impression on the hearts of readers across generations.
The passage recounts the instance where Alisa doesn't see the three siblings, the sons of the major, entering the playground after the youngest one falls into the well. Despite being forbidden to play with Alisa, they persistently show up. They continue to nurture their friendship in defiance, coming together to share intriguing tales told by their grandmother about birds.
These are all children living devoid of love, existing in emotional deprivation. Alisa resides with her grandparents because her father is deceased, and her mother has remarried. Her grandmother is the one who has cared for and raised the young boy. The major's children, on the other hand, live with their father and his new wife after their father remarries. The major prohibits his children from befriending Alisa, believing the two families to be polar opposites in living conditions. Despite the differences in their circumstances, they share a commonality—they lack the love of a parent. This shared experience is enough for the children to bond with each other through genuine sincerity, understanding, empathy, and the innocence of youth. The friendship of these innocent children grows stronger. Despite being forbidden, they always strive to maintain their friendships with all sincerity, understanding, sympathy, and carefreeness typical of childhood. They play together freely, conversing about everything. They confide in each other about family matters, about the losses and pains they endure. They even devise ways to cope, such as Alisa 'digging a loophole' in the fence to talk to the major's children. They sit down, kneel beside each other, and whisper to avoid detection by the father. Alisa recounts to her friends the fairy tales her grandmother often tells. That moment is truly beautiful, the image of the children sitting together, confiding, sharing with each other about life's experiences, has formed a beautiful friendship, transcending all difficulties, deficiencies, and disparities in every aspect. This precious friendship is forged by the empathy among children who share similar circumstances with each other.
