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- My Favorite Novel: The Magnificent War and PeaceAn extraordinary novel of social and personal upheavals wrought by Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Tsarist Russia in 1812.
- L'Argent Movie ReviewReview of the French movie L'Argent, an obscure, symbolic, even surreal tale told with little dialogue about a man who is corrupted after being falsely accused of a crime. Too incomprehensible for my tastes, but will appeal to some viewers.
- Motifs of Art and Music in Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Leo Tolstoy's Anna KareninaIn Anna Karenina and The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Tolstoy and Kundera, respectively, use music and art as source of inspiration for their protagonists to accept their life circumstances.
- Analysis of How Much Land Does a Man Need by Leo TolstoyThis story shows us that even if we have enough to get by, the prospect of becoming wealthier is so alluring it can cause us to risk all the good things we already have.
- Development in the Plays of Luigi Pirandello, Athol Fugard, and Leo TolstoyA curious congruence of developmental metaphor--the "bump"--in the plays Six Characters in Search of an Author, Master Harold. . .and the Boys, and The Death of Ivan Ilyich is here explained and examined.
- Tolstoy and Conspicuous ConsumptionIn his famous piece, The Death of Ivan Illych, Tolstoy believes there are certain objective standards for which individuals must develop and satisfy in order to live a "good life." This critique can be interpreted as a criticism of our modern day consumer-based lives.
Looking at Gogol and Tolstoy: What Makes a Writer a Realist?analysis of realism vs. non realism- Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilychit is a reflection paper about The Death of Ivan Ilych.
Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina:" My Favorite QuotesThis isn't a book review, only a collection of the quotes I loved most. If I listed every passage that I underlined, I might as well publish the entire book. I had to choose only a few, with short explanations as to why I like the quote.- Humor in TragedyFinding humor in tragedy
- A Common NobleA Russian noble,who lived as a peasant and wrote some of the greatest novels of all time.
- Nine Traits of Happy FamiliesHappy families share some common traits. Learn the secrets that happy families share.
- Book Review: Anna Karenina (Part One) by Leo TolstoyThe first half of the classic novel about one unhappily-married woman who enters into an affair, with the man who is seemingly involved with her sister-in-law's little sister. Got all that?
- Book Summary: The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo TolstoyThe story is about a man named Ivan Ilyich who was generally a happy go-lucky kind of guy who becomes faced with death.
Writing and the Art of RetractionAn editorial on an overlooked side of successful writing--when writers wish that they could take back works they have already published.
Ever Lie About a Book You've Read?There is a recent Reuters article that reports many have lied about certain book titles they've read, mostly just because they were trying to impress those they were speaking to.- Social Identity: An Appreciation of the Standards of ExcellenceThe principle of projecting descriptive words onto the characteristics of others--whether positive or negative--unmasks these features as opportunities by which we may also logically classify ourselves regarding a similar identity.
- Resolution for 2009: Finish Tolstoy's Anna Karenina!When it comes to New Years Resolutions and inciting change, the key is to start small. In the detailing of my own Resolution for 2009, I hope that others will read it and come up with their own ideas!
- A Moral to RememberThis article is about man's greed to amass wealth at all costs including his life.
- Sell All You Possess and Give to the PoorDoes this Bible verse really tell us that God wants all of His followers to be poor? Let me share my greatest spiritual revelation of the meaning of a scripture.
- Quick Review of Leo Tolstoy's "Death of Ivan Ilyich"The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy is a very moving and revealing book. A tragedy though it is, one comes away from the book with nor sorrow nor tears for Ivan's death turns into an amazing light
- Where's a Good JoeBob when You Need Him?Last New Year, I made a resolution to increase the number of cells in my brain by reading, or rereading, the classic novels. This did not include anything written by Stephen King or J. K. Rowling.
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