Lev Tolstoy was a renowned artist, poet, and teacher. He was born in Russia in the year 1828 and died in the year 1910 (Tolstoy 1). Tolstoy was considered the world’s top supporter of literary realism during his time. Globally, Tolstoy is renowned for writing War and Peace and Anna Karenina novels. In his early 40s, Tolstoy reviewed his achievements and failures and concluded that life was worthless (Tolstoy 3). A Confession offers an understanding of his thoughts from the time he began to adopt and enhance radical philosophies about life. In this article, I focus on why the inevitability of death makes human accomplishments meaningless based on Tolstoy’s arguments. Thereafter, I illustrate my opinion on the subject. A Confession asserts that when Tolstoy was in his early forties, he lost the meaning of life and could not totally comprehend why he was living (Tolstoy 6). From there on, he continually asked himself why he should pursue new things, yet death was inevitable. He began to refer to human endeavors as useless pursuits. Through this, he was unable to acknowledge the value of life, and this caused him more misery. In the book, he questions the reasons for humans’ existence. The book illustrates that Tolstoy contemplated suicide a number of times. Tolstoy’s afflictions were attributed to his failure to define the true meaning of life and his fear of inevitable death. After acknowledging that he had no power over death, he chose to live a miserable life. According to Tolstoy, the inevitability of death implies that all human accomplishments are in vain (Tolstoy 8). He questions how he will benefit from all his wealth once he dies. He visualizes himself owning and managing a number of estates and large tracts of land in the town. His ambitions to achieve the above goals were halted back by a mere imagination of impending death. The thought of impending death convinces him that there is no reason as to why his current estates should develop further. He seems to have already given up on expanding it, and he wonders how big it has grown without his contribution. Based on the above questions, he concludes that all material gains are useless because they will not benefit the owners when they die. He concluded that given that death was inevitable, it was meaningless to acquire the material property. Secondly, Tolstoy considers all the social achievements in one’s life as mere vanity. He acknowledges that he had achieved a lot as an artist and a poet (Tolstoy 26). He asserts that his career had earned him much respect among the learned and the illiterate. Even when he wrote about unrelated topics, he still received praise and respect from his audience. After understanding that death was inevitable, he is unwilling to gain any more respect or fame. He maintains that respect and fame would add no value to him once he dies. He argues that if death was imminent, there was no reason for him to be famous or respectful anymore. Through the above arguments, he illustrated how the inevitability of death meant that all human accomplishments were in vain. In the book, Tolstoy wonders why he should continue to love his wife and children if he dies. Equally, he questions if love holds any essence in situations where one cannot define life. According to him, love did not raise any sense of importance to him, and he would rather not have