Lit. Elemnts in the Black Cat and How Much Land Does a Man
In the short stories, The Black Cat and How Much Land Does A Man Need?, a third, abstract party is present that completely affects the outcome of the story without directly doing anything to the other parties/characters. In How Much Land Does A Man Need, the third party is the Devil. In The Black Cat, the third party is alcohol. How Much Land Does A Man Need? begins with a man of relative innocence, a smalltime farmer who’s wife brags about how happy they are even without money. “We may live roughly, but at least we are free of anxiety,” is what she tells her rich sister when the two are discussing ways of living. The wife’s boastful bragging attracts the attention of the devil. He decides he will take it upon himself to corrupt the, who’s name was Pahom, and prove his wife wrong. Pahom’s life is becoming more and more hard because he does not own his own land. He and his wife scrape together enough money to buy a little land. This land does very well and Pahom begins to forget where he came from. He begins to treat people that are in the position he used to be in badly, in a way he did not like to be treated back then. He is not well liked in his community anymore. Pahom then meets a peasant that tells him where he c
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Approximate Word count = 1422
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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