The provided text is an academic study unit offering a comprehensive analysis of Maxim Gorky’s short story, "Beloved Boles," providing biographical information about the Russian writer and detailing his focus on the marginalized. The narrative summary explains how a prejudiced student begins avoiding his neighbor, Teresa, a physically intimidating but deeply lonely woman, whom he helps by writing letters to an imaginary lover named Boles. Through extensive questions and answers, the source explores how this shocking revelation forces the student’s moral transformation and highlights the universal need for love and connection. The accompanying literary analysis then examines Gorky’s use of contrast and symbolism to critique societal prejudice and self-righteousness. Ultimately, the material emphasizes the shame of ignoring intense suffering, arguing that those who have endured the most hardship require the most emotional sweetness to survive.