Leo Tolstoy

Hermann and Ivan Ilyich One of the evils of society is greed. Greed becomes a famous theme in many works due to the fact that it gives readers a glimpse of reality, rather than fairytales and romances. However, authors such as Alexander Pushkin and Leo Tolstoy used the theme of greed to expose humans in their materialistic nature. According to Money and Mad Ambition: Economies of Russian Literature by Jillian Elizabeth Porter “traditionally conceived as a sharply negative form of economic and…

The poem, “Abuelito Who” is about a granddaughter who is remembering the memories that she shared with her grandfather before he became too old to play with her. “ In the Russian folktale “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” retold by Leo Tolstoy and the poem, “Abuelito Who” by Sandra Cisneros a similar and significant theme is one should always enjoy life because one’s time here on this planet is limited. In “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” it states, “... his eyes could…

As one of Russia 's famous authors, Leo Tolstoy used his skills as a writer to illustrate various historical accounts of certain important events of Russian history as well as his criticisms of government and corruption through his novels. Although mostly fictitious, Tolstoy 's novels/novellas would be used as understand the emotions and thoughts of people from every class, religion, and background in Russia to a particular event in Russia history such as the Napoleonic Wars or the War with…

Leo Tolstoy’s story, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, is a story that takes the reader on a journey through a man’s life and death. Life and death are two of the most rewarding and scariest things that we have to face in our lives while on Earth, but what if you are coming close to death and realize that the life you have lived was not true to yourself. Would you want to hold onto it or let it go? Life and death must coexist for us to live a life we are pleased with and our lives on Earth are only…

superabundance of energy which found no outlet in our quiet life” - Leo Tolstoy (Krakauer 15). While I read the book, this quote caught my eye because it talks about living a life full of excitement. I can see why Chris McCandless’s would have been inclined to highlight this passage in Tolstoy’s novel. This selection explains Chris’s constant desire to be on the move, explore, and live off the land. It’s an exciting life, like Tolstoy writes about in “Family Happiness”. I feel that Krakauer…

I beleive that the search of meaning and fulfilment is found only in God. Using the Judeo-Christian understanding of God I would agree that philosophers and like Aristole and Plato, have works without the sacred texts and prophets to assess what they beleive about life and the mind/body problem, however I beleive mans understanding would be different than Gods understanding. Humans are attractive by nature to evil/sinful ways instead of good and righteousness. This is best understood by the pear…

disorder in life, having chaos or having something that is not considered normal. By that I mean is one might have a dysfunctional family or marriage, but in public they seem to show that they are perfect. In the novella “The death of Ivan Ilych” by Leo Tolstoy discusses how Ivan Ilych is shown to have a great life, his father had money, he was a public prosecutor, he married a beautiful women and had children. But even having all this, his life was far from normal,his marriage was a disaster…

encounters to relate an inequitable government by disobeying by staying the night in jail and not paying his taxes in protest of slavery and the Mexican-American War. He influenced others like Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Russian author Leo Tolstoy who all went “disobeyed” and fought for what is right. Going against the rules isn't just in politics or government, disobedience can be found in music, literature, and poetry. For example, in Kurt Vonnegut's…

different decades by parents who have different beliefs and who also has different child rearing practices and, to do it successfully, is highly improbable, but the only thing that I can think of is the opening line of the book “Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Which to me accurately describes both of the non fiction excerpts “Complexion” (from Hunger of Memory) by Richard Rodriguez and “Notes of a Native Son” by James…

our love for grandparents last forever? Even though we might not always see our grandparents we should always love them. In literature there is a universal theme about it. In the folktale “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” retold by Leo TolStoy, it talks about how we could love them even after hurting them. In Sandra Cisneros Poem “Abuelito Who” she shows love to her grandfather that is gone. So these two stories have the same universal theme. Grandchildren should always love and…