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    “All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love” Leo Tolstoy War and Peace. As shown in Great Expectations, Romeo and Juliet, and Animal Farm love is a prevailing theme over hate, however the way that love prevails comes in different forms. Though love prevails over hate in English Literature, Love is shown to take over many forms such as love being a mask for hate, pure and unconditional love, and love of power. The first, love being a mask for hate, is show in Great Expectations

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    Leo Tolstoy View On Art

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    Leo Tolstoy Theory on art Лев Николаевич Толстой or known in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a famous Russian writer who is also known as one of the greatest authors of all time. Leo Tolstoy was a self-confident man and was sure of his rightness. However, this self-confidence may have caused him involuntarily, to feel envious. Tolstoy rejected many philosophical views since he was an outspoken sectarian (philosophical or political group or a form of bigotry, intolerance towards those who hold different

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    Leo Tolstoy experienced a lot even at a young age. His mother dies before he was age two and his father died seven years later. Tolstoy endured many more deaths in his family as a young child but was later able to place his thoughts and emotions into his writing. Tolstoy not only wrote about his childhood, but he wrote about social issues and changed the lives of others with his works. Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828 in Russia. Tolstoy and his four other siblings lived with their Aunt when

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    by a Russian author Leo Tolstoy whose works were influenced by exploration, military experience and family tragedy. Leo’s works are largely influenced by his vast exploration of the world, specifically of Europe and Russia where he met various authors and political figures who greatly inspired him. Leo’s parents died when he was 4 so he had to be raised by his grandparents who moved all over Russia with Tolstoy. Not just at a young age, but throughout his entire life Tolstoy traveled Europe and

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    Leo Tolstoy, author of “My Confession”, succumbed to a profound emergency. With his most noteworthy works behind him, he discovered his feeling of reason lessening as his VIP and open recognition surged, sinking into a condition of profound wretchedness and sadness regardless of having a vast bequest, great wellbeing for his age, a spouse who had given him fourteen children, and the guarantee of endless artistic acclaim. On the very edge of suicide, he made one final handle at light in the midst

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    Tolstoy’s Influence Leo Tolstoy was an author, anarchist, critic, pioneer, visionary, and a world changer. He wrote many great novels and various other literary works in his time, but that only scratches the surface of how and what he did to change the world. Leo Tolstoy changed the world by starting schools which allowed peasants to get an education, influencing leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., and changed the world through his writings. Leo Tolstoy was a Russian author

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    favoriting Henry David Thoreau, Jack London, Leo Tolstoy and much more. Henry David Thoreau was an American poet and an essayist and wrote numerous books based on his philosophy. However, in the book, he plays a crucial role in giving Chris McCandless life lesson throughout his journey. Jack London is a worldwide celebrity and a famous novelist and journalist. He also has some characteristics that Chris has also obtained from him. In addition, Leo Tolstoy was one of the greatest Russian authors of

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    In “The Death of Ivan Ilych”, Leo Tolstoy purposely focuses on Gerasim, the assistants Butler, to establish a transformation in Ivan Ilych that makes him realize the true meaning of life. Gerasim is used as an important tool through the events that lead up until Ivan’s death. Through Gerasim, the author conveys the themes of death, family, and propriety by emphasizing the impact that he brings upon Ivan’s life. Gerasim acts as a guide in the shift of Ivan’s perception by helping Ivan change his views

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    to civil disobedience would include Martin Luther King Jr. civil rights demonstrations in the South during the 1960’s. He had a charge against him for parading without a permit. Civil disobedience took place in a variety of different places, for Leo Tolstoy it

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    Why would anybody follow the crowd when own rules and patterns can be made? The “Three Hermits”, a short story by Leo Tolstoy, depicts an incounterance of a bishop and 3 hermits. The bishop goes to an island where 3 hermits supposedly live to teach them about Jesus Christ and how to pray. The lord’s prayer is learned by the hermits and the bishop goes back the the boat he was previously on because his work was completed. After the bishop got back to the boat, the 3 hermits came running across the

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