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A 9 page paper which examines the message in Leo Tolstoy’s short story Alyosha the Pot. The paper also examines, compares, Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich. No additional sources cited.
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which examine the human condition, the sometimes (perhaps common) pointless state of existence, but yet they are also stories that can lead a person to appreciate others in a new
way. The following paper examines the short story of Alyosha the Pot, discussing possible meanings, and then compares it to his novel The Death of Ivan Ilyich. Alyosha
the Pot The story of Alyosha the Pot is, in many respects, a very sad story because the main character Alyosha is a very kind and simple man who is
a very hard worker and never seems to make any demands on any person. It is a sad story because he dies, pointlessly, in the end and the reader is
left to wonder what it was all about. In one respect it appears that Tolstoy was offering the reader a simple look at reality. There are many good people
in life who are abused, overworked, and essentially just used up by other people. In this story it feels as though no one, except Ustinia, will miss him and the
reader may well feel that this is incredibly wrong. Alyosha is a very kind young man who never asks for anything and does not even seem to resent how he
is always used and told what to do with no credit to his character. No one shows him kindness and yet Alyosha is still a good natured man. For the
reader this seems incredibly unjust. And, in that lies the key to one meaning. Because the characters in the story do not care about Alyosha, and because they never
see how he is a kind and truly wonderful individual, it is the readers duty to do so. If the characters in the story cared about Alyosha and treated him
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