Master and Man was a book written by Leo Tolstoy. At the start of this book it kind of bored me, but as I reached the end I liked it more and more.
I loved Nikita in this story because he was great to everyone but himself, he was “selfless” and it made him such a likeable character. Surprisingly, Vasili was probably my favorite character in the book because I knew that the writer was trying to make him the worst character and then give him a huge redemption ark, even though at the start, some people might say they hate Vasili but for some reason I liked who he was and how he acted and one thing that really made me like him is how determined he is. He went through so much just to try and close a deal and he even went all the way to heaven for someone he showed no care for.
This Story made me think about how it was like in the early times for some people and it gives me an idea of how they might have talked old fashion. This book was basically all about how people change. For instance, the way how Vasili Andreevich changed also made me think about how even the people you would expect least to change, can change for the better. When I saw how Vasili sacrificed himself, a rich person, for a peasant, a guy with a not so great life, it made me feel confused, sad and happy. It made me feel confused cause out of everyone that would have sacrificed themselves Vasili was the last person I would’ve thought to because he only really cares about money. I was sad because even though he was a bad person I liked Vasili because when he was going to sacrifice himself, the way he talked was like he was happy he was going to die for someone that didn’t have a great life as him, to show how much he cared for Nikita. And lastly I was happy because he almost never prays but seeing him pray made me hope that after all the good he’s done he will go to heaven. I also think the reason he sacrificed himself for Nikita is because Nikita was a great person to everyone and Vasili probably wanted to return the favor.
The only unrealistic part of this story, was the intense amount of snow and weather. It might actually be like that some places but not anywhere that I’ve been so it doesn’t seem very normal to me.
The ending made me change my thinking of the title too, because at the start you think it would be like master and peasant, but as you get to the end you start to think as if it could be God and men (Vasili & Nikita).