Examine the significance of the title of leo Tolstoy essay ,how much land does a man need

Greed is the most potent theme within the title. Tolstoy presents greed as a destructive force that can overtake and corrupt a person’s character. In his attempt to procure as much land as possible, Pahom undergoes extreme tumult and begins to neglect notions of community, compassion, and morality: he capitalizes on peasants’ perilous financial predicaments, sells his belongings, goes into debt, and leaves his family. His desperation for material status only begets more greed and unfulfillment. He never feels satisfied with his estates—even the one in Part 4, where he grows multiple crops and experiences successful harvests, owns three times as much land as he did in prior estates, and shares plentiful communal land. Pahom’s expansive land purchases only prompt him to want more, culminating in a greed so irrepressible that it fuels his rush to claim Bashkirian land, even as he feels his body deteriorating.