"How much land does a man need?" – Flashcards
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Title
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"How much land does a man need?"
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Author
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by leo tolstoy
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When
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Late 1880's - early 1910
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Where
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Rural area of Russia
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Story is about Town life vs
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country life
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Story is about Wealthy vs
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peasant
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Begins with sisters arguing over
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which life is better
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Pahom becomes obsessed with
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owning land
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Deal of 1,000 Rubles
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Get all the land you can walk out...seems too good to be true, probably is...
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Four Themes:
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Greed, love, integrity, happiness/contentedness
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Man vs. Man
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Pahom vs. Chief
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Man vs. Self
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Pahom vs. Self
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Man vs. Nature
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Pahom vs. Devil (temptation), Pahom vs. heat & exhaustion (survival)
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Land symbolizes
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Success, power, control
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Pahom's dream is a symbol of
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fate
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temptation is symbolized by
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Devil
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In the beginning when he claims he doesn't need to
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fears the devil is foreshadowing
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The foreshadowing of his need for land grows throughout the story...
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no amount is going to be enough
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Pahom's dream
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is a foreshadow
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The Sister's argument is a foreshadow in the
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beginning of the story
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Pahom
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seems like ordinary guy until his obsession with land overtakes him, greedy, selfish
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Devil
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tempting him with opportunities for more land, controlling, tricky
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Sisters
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set in ways, individuals, happy/content in their own lifestyles
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Describe the irony of Pahom when he is landlord
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Pahom doesn't like it when the landlord fines peasants, yet when he becomes a landlord he fines the peasants
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How is death used as irony
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Wants more land...gets it...but ultimately dies trying for more
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Pahom wants a lot of land, but ultimately only needs enough land to be buried in...
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The Final Irony
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parable
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A parable is a story with a lesson or a moral.
