... discuss about plot, conflict, characters, themes, tone, and personal value. In each aspect, we develop and prove with good evidences. 1. Biography Russian novelist, short story writer, philosopher Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy also called Leo Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828 in Tula Province, Russia. He was the youngest among his four brothers. He was only 18 months old when his mother died after giving ... the story one by one feed the reader's sense of suspense with contentment as well as astonishment. The story has an obvious relationship with the author Leo Tolstoy; it was first pu...

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... formed his idea of passive resistance to, and noncooperation with, the South African authorities. "Make waves, not war-2 He gained inspiration to be a passive resister from the writer Leo Tolstoy, Gandhi's greatest influence. Tolstoy left a profound influence and imprint on Gandhi as did the teachings of Jesus Christ and the nineteenth century writer Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience- was one Gandhi ... inadequate for his purpose. For that reason Gandhi coined the term Satyagraha, a Sanskrit word meaning truth and firmness. This word defined what Gandhi was workin...

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... to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly." The essay greatly influenced such reformers as Leo Tolstoy of Russia, Mohandas Gandhi of India, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other leaders of the American civil rights movement. Thoreau called for an end to slavery. He attacked it in ... ...

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