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Ivan Iliych Essay

Life Sucks!
December 14, 2001


Leo Tolstoy tells the story of Ivan Ilyich and the life he thought was okay, until the end of his death. Ivan had never given death the time of day, because he didn’t think it would ever happen to him. But, ironically, one day it did happen. He got some sort of intestine disease, which killed him. He finally was facing death. From then on, he began to really question things in his own life. Especially his “friends” and his own wife. Throughout the story, Tolstoy sends the question out on “How does a man confront his moment of truth?”
The story begins with Ivan’s...

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