Why haven't you read the greatest short story ever written?

The moral is "be yourself."

>>8948696
no it's literally don't be greedy

>>8948702
This is too simplistic.

I interpret it as the search for God. Man has replaced materials goods for God and in doing so has led to their destruction. What man must realise is that God exists within him, The Kingdom of God Within YOU, it is internal. It is not something to search for externally thus disconnecting YOU from God, it must be found within.

>>8948740
>This is too simplistic.

Just because it's simplistic doesn't mean it's not correct anon.

>>8948702
>>8948817
>Being this wrong.
>Anyone literate in English can clearly see the moral is "YOLO."

>>8948676
we've aleady had this exact thread and it was very constructive.
the moral can't reduced into a simple aphorism, or else it would be one instead of a short story.
It's about the balance between greed and need, maintaining a grounded mentality in your pursuits, and keeping your goals on your spiritual needs, not the mindless pursuit of material growth

>>8948676
God damn pahom, i wanted you to succeed so much.

>>8948926
If only he had run faster, he really would have it all.

Tosltoy was a moralist and thought that art should always strive to morally educate man, thus, he many times liked the simplistic tales(and paintings) since they reached the understanding of many and usually espoused and convined of a moral life.

>>8948966
Which is why this story is a fable with a simple moral lesson.

>>8948920
How you doing, Butterfly? We have spoken on multiple occasion through the years but you do not know me.

What are you doing? No update pics?

>>8949035
Is this your real trip? It seems off? Is this a butterfly copycat?

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>>8948958
His speed was relative to the amount of land he wanted

He was never going to make it

>>8948702
The last lines talking about 6 feet of dirt being all he needed makes me think that the message is less of "greed is bad" and more of "greed is futile"

>>8948676
I have read it. I thought it was one of the best pieces of literature I've ever read.

>>8949080
This.

>>8949147 here

>>8948958 was just joking, though.

>>8948676
Moral? Isn't it just a jab at the transient nature of this first life? A man needs only as much land to cover his bones before his journey to heaven, I would guess.

Maybe it's just a readiness to accept that it doesn't really matter how hard you try, because in the end, it doesn't even matter.
He just got old and knew that you couldn't read all the books, you couldn't have all the land, you couldn't fuck all the muzhik daughters.