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The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy published in 1886

One of the main lessons conveyed by Leo Tolstoy in the Death of Ivan Ilych is the inevitability of death. Ivan’s aspect of life transforms into life changes. He is not only prompted by pain but also death prospects. In other words, his feelings adjust from sheer terror to utter joy (Tolstoy Leo 96). In some cases, one can thoroughly analyze the sense if death via living righteously. It raises questions such as “where do we come from? Why are we here? And “where are we going?” Ivan Ilych, who is struggling with a terminal illness, is forced to confront the inevitability of his death. Death generally changes everything.

Another lesson denoted by Leo Tolstoy is the need to live a righteous life. Ivan lived the wrong life. That was in the process of him trying to pursuit wealth that necessitated hypocritical relations. In the end, he is infected with an “unhealthy” condition, Pancreatic Cancer, a disease for the upper-middle-class personnel, which is his terminal illness (Tolstoy Leo 79). He lives in the wrong end full of emotional, social, and physical stress. Being a member of the Court of Justice dies at 45, and during that incident, as he dies, he keeps seeing the black sack in his dream, symbolizing death.

A fiction philosophy, The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy, teaches us the connection between Inner Life and Outer Life. In conjunction with authentic or artificial life, human existence conflicts the two. The spiritual life and physical life are expressed in Chapter IX, which defines Ivan based on Physical presence and that he shows no interest in religious life in his ability to benefit his flesh. He believes in the “right existence” and sees no error for his life. Due to that, he is incapable of transcending the physical (Tolstoy Leo 51). He is forced to experience excruciating pain, absolute terror, and unhappiness, and only when he is confronted with Isolation is when he sees the value of spiritual life.

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 Tolstoy Leo; the Death of Ivan Ilych (1886): 1-114. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18386.The_Death_of_Ivan_Ilych