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Chris Wanjala (Ed) Memories we lost 'A strong desire to accumulate more wealth can lead one to making imprudent decisions' Using the short...

      

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'A strong desire to accumulate more wealth can lead one to making imprudent decisions' Using the short story HOW MUCH LAND DOES MAN NEED by Leo Tolstoy, write an essay to justify the above proposition

  

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Martin

Introduction.
When one fails to be satisfied with that they have they may do anything in order to gain more material possession. A strong drive to gain possessions may at times have disastrous affects through the character of Pahom in the story How much land does man need the writer portrays a man who is not satisfied with what he has and ends up paying for it.

Body
To begin with Pahom decides to leave behind all his possession in search for more land. He already owns 123 acres of land a big house and animals. However this does not satisfy him and he still yearn to acquire more land.

Secondly, Pahom imprudently uses his earning to buy presents for the Bashkirs. This presents are ment to act as a bribe to the chief of the Bashkirs. The chief impressed by the gifts decides to offer Pahom a token of appreciation in return for his presents.

In addition rather that taking care of what he already has Pahom decides to take a long journey is search of more land. The journey to the Bashkirs is costly in terms of resources and time Pahom is also accompanied by some of his workers who would have remained behind taking care of his property.

Instead of purchasing land in the normal way Pahom accept a rather strange way of purchasing land. Pahom is to walk as large area as he wants after paying 1000 roubles. He is to mark his starting point and be back before sunset because of greed Pahom agrees to his strange way of acquiring land as he believes it will suit him.

Moreover Pahom overstretches himself by walking too far from his starting point. He walks until the people in the starting point are not visible when he. Thinks he has walked long enough and should starting going back he is enticed by a damp hollow and continuous to walk farther. Greed makes him to turn when it was necessary to do so.
Finally Pahom values material possession more than his life .After walking for long time Pahom is in serious pain and exhausition. Fear of not achieving his goal makes him start running despite the heat, dehydration and pain. He is aware the strain will kill him. However he decides to keep going even though he is dying Pahom does of exhaustion upon reaching his start point.

Conclusion

In conclusion it is true that a desire to be more wealthy can lead to disasters and even death. We should strive to be always satisfied with what God has given us.

marto answered the question on September 11, 2019 at 09:31


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