Ivan Turgenev And Karl Marx, How And How Not To Love Mankind

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What is the author’s main argument in “How and how not to love mankind” The main argument in the essay, How and how not to love mankind is about how alike, yet how different Ivan Turgenev and Karl Marx are. They were both born the same year in 1818 and they both passed away the same year in 1883 and they were both European writers as well. They studied the same things, attended the same university, and wrote about the same topics although they both had different personalities and distinct beliefs also different views on the world around them, especially in humans. Their perspective in While Turgenev saw man, Marx saw classes of man and while Turgenev saw people, Marx saw the people. They both were so alike yet so different in so many different …show more content…

It does not need to be a human to feel love; a human being can fall in love with anything. Theodore then compares how Marx is more of a cold person towards anything that has to do with human being and not only that but also everything around him. I agree with Theodore, I do believe Turgenev is a human being with feelings, which cares for the world; he has a more tender heart than Marx does. As Theodore described on his story, Mumu was a Gerasims dogs, who he cared for and he didn’t want anything bad to happen to his dog, however when he was ordered to get rid of him, he had no control over than and so he had to do as he was ordered to do so. Gerasims was very generous and very obedient which is what makes him more human in the story. Theodore also supports his argument by providing evidence of how Marx was not a person who cares for others. The reason on to why I agree with Theodore is that I as a human being believe in obedience. A human always obeys their orders, however what made more of an impact to me was that in the story mumu, Gerasims did not complain nor did he try to do something different they ordered him to get rid of his …show more content…

He saw that dog grow into what he raised him to and yet he got rid of him because he had to. How more human a person is to throw his or her own dog away. It must of hurt him so much since he saw his puppy grow into the dog he raised. I once owned a puppy as well, I adopted a puppy, a Chihuahua from the animal shelter. When I brought him home my mother, whom I live with was very upset because she does not like dogs. Moreover she does not like dogs inside of the house. She is not allergic to them nor anyone in my family she just simply did not want the dog inside nor out side of the house. I was very upset because she asked me to get rid of it. I my self did not have the heart to do so and neither did I plan on getting rid of a little innocent dog who had no place else to go. One day as I come home from school I noticed that Pete, my dog was not outside in the driveway waiting for me. Which was strange, so I came inside the house and notice that he did not bark as I came inside and to my surprise my mother got rid of him. She gave it to a friend who has a passion for animals as well. The example I gave reminds me of Turgenev and Marx. Turgenev representing myself, and Marx representing my mother in my

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