How Much Land Does A Man Need

Compulsory English sem 01  (Meena A Bhil) 

Unit 02 How much Land Does A Man Need !

How Much Land Does A Man Need ! 

Question : 

૧) Describe the greed of the man in this short story .

૨) Character Sketch of Pakhom .

૩) Significant of the Dream .

૪) Describe the conversation between Pakhom and lady land owner . 

5) Write a detailed note on How Much Land Does a man need ! . 

This blog tries to justify the above mentioned question ......

How much land does a man need !

Introduction ;

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            " How much land does a 

              man needs !!

               Six feets from his head 

                to his heels was all he 

                 needed " 

          Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer who wrote several novels and short Stories .He strongly believed in " Christian beliefs " He wrote famous short stories like ; 

           His Works

                - War and peace 

                    - How much land does a man need !

   About the story " How much land does a man need : 

       How much land does a man need is a short story which was written by Leo Tolstoy . This story focused on the greed of a man .In the story there was one character who's greed never satisfied in the story which lead him the reason of his death 

        This is a story of Pakhom . Pakhom doesn't having any control on his greed . He wants more and more land .This show his desire for land . 

               "If I had plenty of land, I shouldn't fear the Devil himself" 

        "So let's discuss how pakhom's greed 

                  Significant his decay " 

1) Physical Appearance of Pakhom :

         Pakhom was the protagonist character in the short story " How much land does a man need " . Pakhom was a peasant , a farmer . In the beginning of the story Pakhom described as a ; 

                     " Hard Working man " 

        But later he desires land of his own .In fact , He boasts that if he had enough land , he would not fear the devil's himself . Pakhom manages to borrow enough money to buy land of his own. We can say that. 

                       " Pakhom was a man 

                                    Who never satisfied"

2) The meeting between Pakhom and lady land owner ;

          There was the conversation about lady land owner and Pakhom . She is a lady who lived close to the village of the peasant .land owner also had an estate of lands of about three (3) hundred acres . So , there was the conversation between them and finally , Pakhom convinced the lady land owner and purchased the land . 

              " This conversations show the greed 

                    of never stopping man ( Pakhom) " 

3) The meeting between Bakshir Chief and Pakhom:

         One day , one dealer stops by his farm to get some feeds for his horse . He tells him about Bakshir's . Pakhom decided to meet the Bakshir's chief , he prepared some gifts for him . The chief accepted them and seated himself in the place of honour . The chief told Pakhom , he could choose whatever piece of land he liked ; 

              " The price was always the same ; 

                      One thousand rubles a day ......

4) Significant of the dream :

           After the deal Pakhom went to his tent to sleep . He lay on a feather bed but could not sleep .He kept thinking about the land .He awake all night and dozed off only just before down , When he had dream .In his dream he saw he was lying in that same tent and heard the daring sound outside the tent . 

          In his dream he saw Devil who was laughing in front of him and he was laying as death on the ground ...... 

          " His dream was a clear warning but 

            he could not understand it just because 

            of his greed" 

5) Moral of the story :

                 " Six feet from his head to his heels 

                                   was all he needed " 

              The moral of the story depicted the greed of the man . How a man became greedy just because of the land . The moral of the clearly mentioned in the title of the story.   

6) Character in the story 

In the story there are some major and some are minor characters.  Major characters are like , 

                          1) Pakhon 

                          2) Bakshir 

Minor characters like ,  The lady Land Owners ..

7) Theme 

In this story the theme is greed and power . 

During the story we find the greedy character like pakhom who need money and money.  He wants more and more land this greed lead him towards his death .  

6) To Sum up ; 

           At the end of the story , I mentioned How a wealth became the reason of someone's death .so I want to put one quotes that , 

           " Satisfied in each and every moment in. 

               your life otherwise having the same 

               Candition as Pakhom"