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Answer:
Death of a pig Summary: Death of a pig is tragic story of a man attempting to save something he cares for from a life threatening illness, erysipelas. ... However, as the story goes on and the man reveals that the pig had not shown up for his food, he became worried.
Explanation:
Nazim Hikmet was a poet that was born in the Ottoman Empire. He studied in the University of Moscow and he worked in many journals and he wrote Communist propaganda activities. Because of that, he was arrested for radical and subversive activities.
He moved to the Soviet Union and continued to work for the Communist ideal.
His life story shows why he sustains a person should be only occupied with living. He had a difficult time in jail and he had to focus on survival so he could hang until the end of his prison time.