Tolstoy's Story 'Pahom And Pretty Little Liars'
•"What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more."—Seneca
I agree with Seneca’s quote because material items really are not as important as things like love and happiness. In Tolstoy’s story, Pahom is constantly looking for more land because he feels that he does not have enough. In reality, he should be looking for his and has family’s happiness. He took away his son’s wages, he moved the family more than once, and when he died, he put his family in debt and most likely poverty. He also created grudges between not only the neighbors he lived by, but also between his sister-in-law and wife. An example from another novel would be from Sara Shepard’s Pretty Little Liars series. There are
I agree with Seneca’s quote because material items really are not as important as things like love and happiness. In Tolstoy’s story, Pahom is constantly looking for more land because he feels that he does not have enough. In reality, he should be looking for his and has family’s happiness. He took away his son’s wages, he moved the family more than once, and when he died, he put his family in debt and most likely poverty. He also created grudges between not only the neighbors he lived by, but also between his sister-in-law and wife. An example from another novel would be from Sara Shepard’s Pretty Little Liars series. There are