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The Greed of Americans During Westward Expansion



The story, "How Much Land Does a Man Need?", by Leo Tolstoy

is a story about Americans taking advantage of the Indians.

Although it is set in Russia, it is about the greed that

many people had at the time and the outcome of that greed.

The opening scene represents the Europeans coming over

to America. During that time, the mid-1800's, the Europeans

were rich and their relatives in America were poor. The

younger sister in the story represents the Americans and the

older sister represents the Europeans. The poor Americans,

like the younger sister in the story, did not mind having to

work hard all the time. They enjoyed their freedom and

security. Even though they were content, it wasn't

complete. In the story, Pahom agrees with his peasant wife

but wishes they had more land to work with.

"Our only trouble is that we haven't land enough. If I

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

himself!" (p 212)......

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