The relationship of individual to society in Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Illych."
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By Sergio Benavides
Wrote more than a century ago, "The Death of Ivan Illych" it shows an always contemporary dilemma, a question that possibly we all going to ask at some moment of our life .This question summarize the thought of the author and it drives the reader to ask themselves, as Ivan ask in the imagination of Tolstoy one hundred and twenty years ago: "What if my whole life has really been wrong"
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…life. Tolstoy manages to take the reader and lead him through Ivan's life until his last breath, until you feel, you almost die with him. He illustrates clearly that to live a happy life is our choice, and with every decision that we make we are shaping our future for good or for wrong. Nobody else is responsible for the choices we made, and we have to made the right decisions before is too late.
…life. Tolstoy manages to take the reader and lead him through Ivan's life until his last breath, until you feel, you almost die with him. He illustrates clearly that to live a happy life is our choice, and with every decision that we make we are shaping our future for good or for wrong. Nobody else is responsible for the choices we made, and we have to made the right decisions before is too late.
