The Mother of a Traitor, a story of a conflict between 'ambition' characterized by a 'traitor' a brave but heartless son; and 'life 'represented and characterized by the 'Mother of a Traitor', where the heartless son appears with power and prowess, is easily victimized in the hand and lap of a mother who is appeared in the story very ordinary developed because of the urgency of time. It also signifies throughout the history, such ambitions appeared in the name of war; however, ultimately, the life got the victory over the death and human civilized continued, through such difficult hurdles. This slide summarizes story into a simple understandable formats

1. Tribhuvan University
Insitute of Engineering
Pulchowk Campus, Lalitpur
Prepared By:
Yogesh Sharma Neupane
074BCE191
THE MOTHER OF
TRAITOR
Maxim Gorky

2. The Mother Of Traitor
Maxim Gorky

3. Maxim Gorky
• Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov,(1868-1936)
• Childhood
• Begun writing in 1892
Romantic-Chekovian-Artistic exposure(evils of Capitalist)
• Head of Soviet Writers,
School of Social Realism
• The Mother, Childhood, Among the People,
My universities, The lower depths

4. Story Setting

5. Character
• Mother ~ Monna Marianna
• Traitor ~ Son of Monna Marianna
• Mother of Slain Man
• Patrols and Peoples from Marianna's city
• Enemy ~ Traitor and his soldiers

6. Story
• A city surrounded by enemy for several days
• Loss of hope, pain, hunger and deaths

7. Story
• The city, where they lived from times of forefathers (of Marianna)
• Her son attacking his native city
• Despised by citizen, nobody care her
• Met mother of slain man
• Curse the son and the womb that bore him
• forcing hereto take bold decision for the sake of her city

8. Story
• City defender opened the gate
• She left city to meet her son
• Enemy soldiers singing song on his admiration
her head proudly raised
• She met her son

9. Story
• "Tomorrow, I shall attack that accursed city"
• thirst for more glory, heartless, didn't care his mother feelings
• the conflict between her love for the son and her love for the city got into
the climax.

10. Story
• Meanwhile, she looked to the city through a tend hole, which was waiting for
her decision for its life's sake, like a wounded and dumb animal, she couldn't
ignore the expectation of the city for its life's sake.

11. Story
• Her son prepared to attack the city at same night
• “Come here,” said his mother; “put your head on my breast; rest a while, and
recall to your mind how happy and kind you were as a child, and how
everybody loved you.”
• Talked about glory, woman and his valor
• She killed her son for the sake of city.
• She killed herself for the sake of her son.

12. Message
The Mother of a Traitor, a story of a conflict between 'ambition' characterized
by a 'traitor' a brave but heartless son; and 'life 'represented and characterized
by the 'Mother of a Traitor', where the heartless son appears with power and
prowess
• In history, such ambitions appeared in the name of war; however, ultimately,
the life got the victory over the death and human civilized continued,
through such difficult hurdles.
• “He is a hero who creates life, in defiance of death, who conquers death.”

13. Message
• A mother is always against death, and the hand that introduces death into
people’s dwellings is hateful and hostile to all mothers.
• Mother can be as clever and ruthless as she is fearless, when the life she
creates and cherishes is in question.

14. Message
• As a citizen , we must be liable to our land, and protect it by any means.
मित्राणि धन धान्यानन प्रजानाां सम्िताननव |
जननी जन्ि भूमिश्च स्वर्ाादपि र्रीयसी ||
"Friends, riches and grains are highly honored in this world. (But) mother and
motherland are superior even to heaven."
• Human should work for common good not for his only interest.