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Answer 1

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
Questions for Discussions: Chapter 4


include topic sentence, with main idea of your response
a quote as text support
an explanation of what the quote reveals or suggests
try to connect with themes, other parts of the story, or anything noteworthy

Describe the first physics symptoms of Ivan’s illness. (One of them is often used as a metaphor for when an experience bothers you after it is over.)

Describe Ivan’s early disagreeable behavior. (Discuss what cues seem to set him off and what this implies.)

Analyze Ivan’s experience with the doctor. (He draws a comparison, says something in “the same for everybody,” and something ironic angers Ivan.)

Examine the reactions and attitudes of Ivan’s wife and daughter to his illness, then explain what tormented Ivan more than anything.

Explain how the last sentence pertains to Existentialist philosophy.