1 / 5

Leo Tolstoy’s How Much Land Does a Man Need?

Leo Tolstoy’s How Much Land Does a Man Need?. IN THIS SHORT STORY WE ARE PRESENTED WITH A CHARACTER, PUHOM, WHO IS DRIVEN BY GREED. HE DOES NOT SIMPLY WANT MORE “THINGS”, HE IS OBSSESSED WITH IT. THIS OBSSESSION ULTIMATELY LED TO HIS DEMISE. LEO TOLSTOY. 1828-1910

uriah
Download Presentation

Leo Tolstoy’s How Much Land Does a Man Need?

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Leo Tolstoy’s How Much Land Does a Man Need? • IN THIS SHORT STORY WE ARE PRESENTED WITH A CHARACTER, PUHOM, WHO IS DRIVEN BY GREED. HE DOES NOT SIMPLY WANT MORE “THINGS”, HE IS OBSSESSED WITH IT. THIS OBSSESSION ULTIMATELY LED TO HIS DEMISE.

  2. LEO TOLSTOY • 1828-1910 • Russian author who primarily wrote works of fiction • Was homeschooled by German and French tutors • Only 10 of his 13 children lived past infancy • Most known for War and Peace • Died during a pilgrimage to escape marriage issues

  3. A MARXIST INTERPRETATION • ALIENATION: PUHOM IS CONSTANTLY BREAKING AWAY FROM THE PACK TO SEEK LIFE BY HISELF. HE EVEN ABANDONS HIS FAMILY WITH NO ONE BUT A SERVANT AND ULTIMATELY, DIES ALONE. • BOURGEOISIE VS PROLETARIAT: THERE IS A CLASS BATTLE GOING ON IN THIS STORY. PAHOM IS TRYING TO BETTER HIS LIFE FROM A LAND WORKER TO A LAND OWNER.

  4. A MARXIST INTERPRETATION • COMMODITY: PAHOM’S LIFE IS DRIVEN BY GOODS, IN THIS CASE, LAND. IT IS HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT BY HAVING MORE LAND, HE WILL BE A BETTER AND HAPPIER MAN. • VALUE: FURTHERMORE, PAHOM BELIEVES LIFE IS ONLY AS WORTH THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE. THEREFORE, HIS LIFE’S VALUE IS THE OVERALL VALSUE OF THE THINGS HE HAS.

  5. SO WHAT?

More Related