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Deconstruction- How much land does a man need?

Deconstruction can be defined as reading texts, films, posters or anything and to find the thing which is hidden, and see the things in new way. It is like revise everything in totally different way than earlier.  It finds binaries and questions them. It is about reading text so deeply and by using the words question the work. Not only for the sake of finding faults, but what really words differs the meaning and gives another meaning of something that is deconstruction I think. I found Leo Tolstoy's short story 'How much land does a man need?' very interesting to deconstruct. By first reading we find it moral story which gives lesson that greed is bad. But beyond that there are many things which can be found problematic. The opening of the story suggests many things. Elder sister and younger sister debate about country life Vs city life, but ultimately city life wins because Pahom who is peasant, feels that indeed they are not happy in this situation. At the time devil