at is what he becomes at the end of the novel, it is
             only because Tolstoy forms that heroism from Levin's own savoring of
             ordinary human experiences, such as his falling in love, marrying and his
             wife's childbirth, in a heroically deep and open way.
             Levin displays the same delight and satisfaction with peasants as
             what Tolstoy experienced with them and both felt the same distaste for
             social pretensions. Levin also interprets the author's simple discovery of
             simple faith from a simple and ordinary peasant. Tolstoy uses Levin to
             present the simple truths of daily life, his vision of the ideal human
             The novel also outlines the social changes occurring in Russia at
             that time when old patriarchal values between the land-owning aristocrats
             went up against the new liberals, also called freethinkers. The old
             conservatives protected traditions, like serfdom and authoritarian
             government, while westernizing liberals upheld the superiority of
             technology, rationalism and democracy. These extremes
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