There is an 8-year-old girl who loves to read and once set her mind to become a writer when she grows up.
But her family couldn't help her.
When the girl was 14 years old, she dropped out of school to work, and then got married early, gave birth to children, and had endless chores to do every day.
Although life abused her thousands of times, she was still busy and Xi studying until late at night.
Later, she wrote a book about her experiences, which sold well in the United States upon publication.
This girl is the well-known American writer Betty. Smith.
Betty incarnates a girl named Francie in the book, and after Francie's many hardships, she finally completes a beautiful transformation.
This book tells us that as long as you are willing to change, you can eventually walk out of a life of your own.
The story begins in 1901, when Francie was born into a poor family in Brooklyn.
As a child, she wore tattered clothes, ate moldy bread, and was constantly hungry.
But more than material scarcity, the greater pain comes from the emotional neglect of parents.
Father Jonny is an alcoholic and gets drunk every day. Her mother, Katie, is beautiful and capable, working several jobs a day to support her family.
Heavy labor, poverty, and the discipline of children overwhelm mothers.
Disappointed in her father, she poured all her love into her son Neely, and shared the warmth of her daughter Francie, which was pitiful.
Again and again, indifference and partiality hurt Francie's young heart.
As parents, Jonny and Katie are very derelict in their duties. But going back to their original families, we can find cause and effect.
His father, Jonny, was born into a family of prodigal sons. The father and brother of the family all drank and gambled, and enjoyed themselves everywhere.
And her mother, Katie, was born in a loveless family. The father is selfish and rude, and has no affection for his daughter. The mother worked hard and was often subjected to domestic violence by her husband.
Jonny and Katie have never felt warmth and love in their parents. So, they treated Francie in the same way, once again replicating the pain of the original family.
This was undoubtedly a tragic childhood for Francie.
But luckily, the mother, Katie, made plans for her children. She didn't want her children to repeat her hard work, so she tried her best to get two books and read them to them every night.
Under the influence of her mother, Francie developed the Xi of reading. This also made her speak elegantly from an early age and became a leader in the slums.
After going to school, she shined with her reading, and her essays were published in the school magazine. But the greatest benefit of reading for her is that it nourishes Francie's mind.
In order to keep reading, she often goes to the community library to borrow books. Francie, who is immersed in reading, no longer feels distressed by being excluded, nor is she sad about loneliness and helplessness.
She also found an ideal for herself, which was to become a writer.
However, fate is particularly harsh on those who suffer.
When she was 14 years old, her father died, and her mother used up all the family's savings to reluctantly bury her father.
At this time, the mother found out that she was pregnant again.
This also means that the financial burden on the family is heavier. The only way to make ends meet is to get Francie to drop out of school and work.
But fortunately, someone helped, and Francie barely managed to finish elementary school. After that, she would take advantage of her break time to continue reading. In Francie's mind, she still longs to walk into school again one day.
Later, she found a night shift job and began to work while learning Xi life.
Absent from secondary school, Francie struggled Xi school. But she didn't give up easily, but raced against time to use all the rest time to memorize words and learn textbooks.
Xi studied all the middle school courses like crazy, and in only one year, he was successfully admitted to the University of Michigan.
She became the first college student in her family, and all this was something that her parents, elders, had never experienced before, and could not even imagine.
Francie finally broke free from the fate of his family and completed the counterattack of his life. She has more freedom, more courage to take control of her life.
At the end of **, Francie looked at the house she once lived in for the last time, at the corner where she was reading alone, and at the big tree that accompanied her in reading.
Although the large tree has been cut down, new shoots have emerged from the stump and are growing towards the sky.
This also means that the once weak and helpless girl, because of her own struggle, finally has the strength to wave goodbye to the past.
Perhaps, this is life, there is never a lack of suffering, but there is also no shortage of upward paths.
And this also makes us understand that if we read more books, we can get rid of all suffering and reach the other side of success.
As the saying goes, fate is like a boat, and books are the sails of life.