1ReviewofHowtheSteelWasTemperedHowtheSteelWasTemperedisanovelcreatedNikolayerichAleksandrOstrovsky.Thisnoveldescribesahero,whoinspiresseveralgenerationsinChina,PavelKorchagin.Pavelwasbornedinapoorfamily,hisfatherdiedearly,andmotherwashedclothestosupporthisfamily.Hisbrotherwasaplatelayer.WhenPavelwasinprimaryschool,heteasedhispriest,andthenhewasexpelled.Afterthis,hecameacrosswithTonya,andbecamefriendswithher.AttheinfluenceofZhukhrai,PavelknownthatBolshevikisapartystandingforpoorpeople.Thenhelefthishome,leftTonya,totakepartinBolshevik,becameasteelsoldierofBolshevik.Butbecauseseveralinjures,hisbodywasfrombadtoworse.Hisrightlegwascrippled,injuryinvertebrabreaksout,andatlast,hewasparalyzed.Buthedidn’tgiveup,onthecontrary,hebeganhiswritinglife,becomingawriter,torealizehisidealinanotherway.Afterreadingthisnovel,IamdeeplytouchedbyPavel’swholelife.Whenhewasseriouslysick,helosthisfightingcapacity,hestillfoughtwithill,didhisbesttowriting.Whatgiveshimthepowertocreate,workindefatigablyuntiltheendofhisliving?Inhisholelife,therewassomanyshockingstory.Hetemperedaindestructiblemindforhimself,atthesametime,hisbehaviorlightenedothers’lives.PavelKorchagin,aheroadmiredbyseveralgenerations,hehastenaciouscharacter,hecandohiscauseatanyenvironment.Torealizehisideal,heisreadytofight,andheiswillingtosacrificehisloveandhisfamily.Hehassaidthathe2belongstopartyfirst,andthenbelongstoTonyaandrelatives.Pavel’sthiskindofspiritisreallyashocktoallofus.Thereisaveryveryfamouspassageinthisnovel,“Thehumanmostpreciousthingisthelife,thelifebelongstousonlythenonetime.Human'slifemustpasslikethis:Whenhelooksbackonthepasteventshebecauseofdoesnotwasteone'sbestyearslamented,alsonotbecauseofunsuccessfullyandashamed.Likethisathisatthepointofdeathtimecansaythat,Ialreadyallgivetomyentirelifeandthecompleteenergyintheworldthegrandestenterprise--tostruggleforhumanity'sliberation.”Thispassagehasbeingbelievedbymanygenerations,notonlyinChina,butalsointhewholeworld.AndinfluencedbyPavelandhisstory,manyheroeslikePavelappearedinthattime.Howthesteelwastempered?Steelistemperedbyactivefire.Inthisnovel,Pavelwasthesteel,andhisexperiencesthroughhislifewerethefire.Thereisasayinggoes,“Nocross,Nocrown”.Weshouldbethankfultoallthedifficultiesinourlives,because,wewillbenefitfromthesedifficultiesandthenwewillreallygrowup.JustlikePavel,hehasbeensoldbyhisfriends,beenabandonedbyhislover.However,justbecausethesethings,Pavelfirmedhisbelieftorevolution,becomesagreathero.HowtheSteelWasTemperedisnotonlyanovelpraisedbygenerationsinthattime,butitisalsoalightlightingourmodernyouth’road.Thatmeans,weshouldlearnfromPavel,firmourideals,establishcorrectworldoutlook,philosophyandphilosophyandviewpointofvalue.