A cikin wannan Lokaci mai matukar tashin hankali da firgitarwa wanda ya addabi mutanen Turai, tare da rikice-rikice na tattalin arziki, siyasa da hukumomi wanda aka tuna tun yakin duniya na biyu, Ina goyon bayan bada shawara, duk lokacin da aka tambaye ni, da sha'awar karantawa Mahaifiyar Máximo Gorki.
Gorky ya nuna a cikin wannan aikin farkawar masu aiki, fada domin wadanda yancin wancan yana tattare da mutum kuma wancan, a wancan lokacin, sun kasance Tsarism ya tattake shi (Gwamnati, coci, bangaren shari'a, ‘yan sanda da sojoji).
Gorky ya ba da labarin pelagia, da aka sani da "Mahaifiyare ”, halayyar da ke nuna alamar farkawar proletariat ta Rasha zuwa gaskiyar gurguzu, ya ce farkawa ta haifar da faɗa wanda zai ɗauki rayukan wasu halayen.
Bayan mutuwar mijin Pelagia, wanda ya yi mata shahada, ta jiki da ruhi, har zuwa lokacin mutuwarta, ɗanta, Pavel, ya sami ƙarin kiyayewa. Ba da daɗewa ba Pelagia za ta gano, bayan ganawa a gidanta, cewa dalilan wannan jihar suna cikin ta Nutsuwa ta siyasa, shugaban gurguzu a masana'antar aiki. Tarurruka suna ci gaba da gudana a kan lokaci, wanda aka tattauna batutuwan, waɗanda ake ta muhawara a yau, da kuma waɗanda, da kaɗan kaɗan, suna sanya uwa ta fita daga wannan tsoron da Tsarism ya haifar ya zama, biyo bayan kamun dan nasa saboda dalilai na siyasa, a cikin gwagwarmaya, daukar takardu zuwa masana'antar dansa, safarar jaridu ba bisa ka'ida ba zuwa yankunan karkara ko kuma yada akidun gurguzu ga masu aiki.
A ƙarshe, an yanke wa Pavel da abokan aikinsa ɗaurin kurkuku a Siberia a cikin gwajin da za'a kira shi pantomime. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, kuma lokacin da uwar za ta sake yin jigilar takardun siyasa ba bisa ƙa'ida ba, sai ta fahimci cewa wani ɗan leken asirin Tsarist ne ya bi ta, an kama shi kuma an lakada mata duka.