Proust and Tolstoy: Comparison

Memories, everyone needs them; and a good way of remembering personal memories, is to write them down. In the two stories, “Remembrance of Things Past,” and “The Death of Ivan Ilych,” the authors do just that. Marcel Proust’s, “Remembrance of Things Past,” is a novel that documents the romantic, social, and artistic coming of age of the narrator, bringing him to the point where he reconciles the two symbolic "ways," of his childhood memory: …

…the past. While reading these two stories, the reader often starts to remember his/her own memories. With the current events happening around the world, people are turning back and remembering what is important, rather than constantly looking ahead to the future. Memories allow people to come together, slow down, and enjoy life. I challenge you this holiday season, to stop and take time to think about the wonderful memories you have from your life.