ed Pahom experiences over the course of the story. It takes over Pahom's subconscious and manifests itself in all of Pahom's thoughts. This use of symbolism, again, helps in conveying the theme of the story. This theme of this story would be that the further one submits to greed, the more obsessed they will become. Both of these examples show a clear intent to use symbolism to address their themes. Both Akutagawa and Tolstoy use this symbolism for the same purpose, though their obviousness to the reader varies. While Tolstoy's comparison of land
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