In the world, people remember others with the deeds they did while still on earth

In the world, people remember others with the deeds they did while still on earth. In writing, even after an author passes on, their work keeps them alive amongst the people. It is because of this that Leo Tolstoy legend lives on years after he passed on. Considered as one of the most prolific and talented author, Leo Tolstoy was an author who was born on 1828. He wrote many books most that are still read today. For the purpose of this study, Tolstoy’s book ‘A confession’ will be summarized. Tolstoy wrote this book after he started having spiritual crisis within himself. The book was written in between 1879 and 1880.

In the book, Tolstoy accounts of his life and the reasons as to why he felt that he had nothing to live for. Despite having led a successful life; evidenced by the triumph success of his books, Tolstoy later life was full of torment. He derived little satisfaction from his success due to the reason that, according to him, he lived a life that was unfulfilling and meaningless. It is after many days of torment and crashing thoughts that Tolstoy decided to write this short novel. He believed that the book would be of great assistance to all the people that were struggling spiritually. His aim was to convey a message to people that a life that is not founded on spiritual foundations is not worth living and no matter how successful one is, without spirituality he/ she is incomplete. He achieves this agenda perfectly through the writing of the book and people appreciated it a lot.

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Chapter 1 of Tolstoy novel ‘A confession’ will be summarized. The chapter has been chosen because it gives insight as to why the author decided to write the book. It also highlights of the struggles that he is going through and gives a summary of his faith as a child when he was growing up. Tolstoy writes that as he grew up, he attended the Orthodox Church. It is this church that he grew up and baptized. For the better part of his childhood life, as is the expectations of the church, he was taught of the ways and doctrines of the Orthodox Christian Faith. He seemed to have followed these teachings to the letter until he was eighteen years. It was at this age that he started to question the ways of the church. Tolstoy had just abandoned his university second course when all this began. He stopped to believe in the things that he was taught when he was younger. He writes, “I no longer believed any of the things I had been taught”. From this statement, it clearly shows that Tolstoy wanted to find a deeper understanding of faith by himself.

Tolstoy says that much of what he did was in obedience to the teachings of the church and not he himself wanted to. He felt obliged to obey Orthodox faith teachings without questioning. Probably, it would be because other people, especially his siblings followed the faith too