Tolstoy

While reading “The Raid” by Leo Tolstoy, one is instantly struck by the strong contrast between the peaceful nature scenes and the violent battle scenes. One minute the sounds of crickets and frogs are charmingly echoing through the night, and the next you can hear the “clang of a heavy gun” and the “sound of bayonets touching one another” (Tolstoy 20). In one scene, the generals and majors stand watching the gory battle below, yet they continue to discuss the beautiful nature around them as if nothing

the greater good. Regarded as a famous author, Leo Tolstoy, wrote intricate novels and essays which influenced people throughout the world on the topics of love, society, and religion. Leo Tolstoy was a philanthropist and religious activist after years of not contributing to society. Tolstoy gave to those in poverty, fought for temperance, and expressed his ideas of morals and religion through writing and speeches. Throughout his life, Leo Tolstoy faced many extreme hardships of war, relationships

2-Tolstoy’s Character. Tolstoy was a multi-dimensional man. In his long career he had been a teacher and educational theorist, a philosopher and social critic, a successful farmer and paterfamilias, a soldier, and a prophet. Above all, however, he was a great artist, and it is on his fiction that his fame at present rests. The literary career of this "great writer of the Russian land" (as his contemporary Turgenev called him) may be divided into three parts: the early period of literary apprenticeship

specifically death. Tolstoy. the author, uses this short story to display how death can portray a piece of freedom. This is one of Tolstoy's first stories, this is a succesful story in the fact that he experienced some personal spiritual awareness before writing it. He really uses this story to bring his personal truths come to life. Ivan is a character that has lived a life of general purpose. He is unhappily married and just goes through the mundane of day to day life. Tolstoy takes an interesting

The short story “The Death of Ivan Ilych” written by Leo Tolstoy has characters that have a complex and varying views on death, and specifically the death of Ivan Ilych. At the beginning of the story Ivan Ilych’s friend, Peter Ivanovich, wanted to show his respects to the dead individual and his family. Ivanovich viewing of Ilych deceased body caused a negative reaction. The story states, “Besides this there was warning in that expression a reproach and a warning to the living. This warning seemed

In “The Death of Ivan Ilych” by Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Ilych is a highly regarded official in the court of justice who lives carefree most of the time. However, as the story progresses, he starts to more and more self analyze and become emotional as he ponders the reason for his hellish illness and coming death . Although it may seem like he has done something to deserve such a cruel fate, it is honestly just the way life works, and all of us have to accept this fact. That is what Ivan ends up realizing

despite having a slightly better understanding of love, never chooses someone that he honestly loves. Unknowingly, they are both searching for peace. Although they grow in their understanding of love, they have a much harder time obtaining peace. Tolstoy uses Andrei and Pierre’s search for love to demonstrate that peace is not easily found. Andrei’s actions towards those he loves show that he doesn’t truly understand the meaning of love. This is shown through his interactions with Lise Bolkonsky

Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer and philosopher…. His famous novels are ‘War and Peace’ and ‘Anna Karenina’…. He wrote many novels and short stories…. His way of writing was very simple yet it displays the mind of the genius…. Later in his life he also wrote many plays and essays… Tolstoy’s ideas of non-violent resistance had a significant impact on Mahatma Gandhi and other political leaders…. ‘What Men Live By’ is one of the short stories of Leo Tolstoy…. It is an inspiring

Leo Tolstoy was an acclaimed writer of his time. Finding his love for writing in early adulthood he had time to grow and flourish with each book he wrote. Tolstoy did not have an easy life and you can feel the emotions he had as an adolescent while reading his words. Through Leo Tolstoy’s childhood and adult life, he faced challenges with family and education, causing his drive for religion and his many accomplished works of literature. Leo Tolstoy was born on September 9th, 1828 in Yasnaya Polyana

KONSTANTIN LEVIN AS THE SPOKESPERSON OF LEO TOLSTOY After reading the first part of Anna Karenina, Sophia Andreevna, Tolstoy’s wife, had said to him, “Levin is you, Lyova, minus the talent… Levin is an impossible man!” Due to multiple similarities in the character of Levin and Tolstoy, he is often considered as his most complete self-portrait. The social position, the passion for hunting, the love of Russian peasantry, the ideas and opinions of Tolstoy, all find a reflection in the character of