How Much Land Does A Man Need

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such as taxes and tariffs, to the government in the mid-1800’s. Pahom lives in a commune and some of the people have begun to buy their own tracts of land. He sees this and decides that it would be a good idea if he did the same thing. He was worried that if he didn’t act soon, he would miss his chance. He wouldn’t have to pay any fines and could keep all the money he makes. The more people heard about it, the more they wanted it for themselves. Pahom finally gets his own land and is happy with it.
Inevitably, some problems arise with Pahom’s land. Other people’s animals were getting onto land and ruining his crops. At first he just put up with it. Eventually though he became a hypocrite. “So he had them up, gave them a lesson, and then another, and two or three of the peasants were fined.” (p 214) He began to impose fines on people the same way they were imposed on him earlier in the story. Needless to say, people were very angry with him. Some people began to leave the commune, ...

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