'The Death of Ivan Ilych\r'

'The short story, â€Å"The Death of Ivan Ilych”, written by Leo Tolstoy, is about the re answerions of a domain and his friends to his piteous and death. E genuinelyone who knows Ivan including Ivan himself has led a career of total disconcern for the feelings and sufferings of others. They solely whiz sh tout ensembleow lives non daring to investigating into the feelings mysterious down in typeface for fear of stepping extraneous the lines of properness. That is the biggest rule that pile of that society follow. Do not say or learn what you are thinking. Ivan Ilych’s view toward life story is the identical all the agency up to his death.\r\nHe was as the author found it, â€Å"…a capable, good-natured, and social man, though strict in the fulfillment of what he considered his duty: and he considered his duty to be what was so considered by those in authority. ” (p. 1088) That reference states that Ivan was solely concerned with his dutie s and his advancement in puzzle by following the high societys of his authorities. Ivan was password of a winning man who held umpteen notes in legion(predicate) departments. That man, Ilya Epimovich Golovin, had third sons. The oldest followed his father’s example and was a success.\r\nThe youngest son was a total failure. He had blown many opportunities and was the shame of the family. Ivan the middle son was the better of the two. Ivan was a mix of his two brothers. He had the hard-working spirit of the quondam(a) brother but in addition appreciates the value of a good cartridge clip like the younger brother. Ivan’s career grew steadily. In a short time, he reddentually obtained the position of examining magistrate. Ivan did very well in this position. He excelled in the separation of the personal duties in his life and the official duties to which he was totally dedicated.\r\nThis hear of power which came with his new position was very harmonic to Iva n. The idea that writing a few linguistic communication or giving a simple restrain sent people into motion make Ivan very happy. Upon pathetic to a new town to coin up the position of examining magistrate, Ivan met his future married woman, Praskovya Fedorovna Mikhel. Ivan saw her as a â€Å"…well connected, and was a sweet, pretty, and thoroughly shed light on young charr. ” The view that she was so within the lines of propriety was the most attractive feature which this young woman possessed in Ivan’s view.\r\nAt number one the marriage which Ivan thought couldn’t hurt his pleasure-seeking life didn’t, then according to Ivan she began to disturb the pleasure and propriety of his life. This ordeal completely worsened when his wife became pregnant. She became unsupportable to him, overly jealous and coarse, becoming an obstacle to his by-line of happiness and properness. When the child was born(p), Ivan confirmd that a life totally sepa rate his family life would be incumbent to fulfill the goals he set for himself.\r\nHe also came to the realization that to keep his marriage in order that he was going to have to adopt the same attitude to his family that he has to his official duties. Ivan developed an attitude towards his family of comp permite indifference as stated in the story, â€Å"He only required of it those conveniences†dinner at home, housewife, and bedâ€which it could give him. ” (p. 1092) More children arrived and his wife’s attitude only worsened. After cardinal years and becoming a highly looked upon official he received a promotion to the position of Assistant Public Prosecutor. This new promotion made Ivan like his job even more(prenominal).\r\nMeanwhile, more children were born which made Ivan’s life even more difficult. After getting another promotion and moving to another province, the marriage was getting increasingly difficult. To provide and overcome this Iva n decided to spend some time in the nation with his wife. This move turns out to be a very bad one. Ivan falls into deep depression and decides that some drastic measures are needed. He returns from the country heading towards St. Petersburg with the objective of obtaining a pay of 5,000 rubles a year. Things worked out very much in his favor. He got a promotion two travel above his former position.\r\nAfter obtaining this position, he returned to the country and his marriage life improved immensely. Ivan then proceeded to the province to which they were moving to move to locate a house. He found one which suited his tastes perfectly. Ivan turned his direction towards furnishing his house. He searched for all the things which give his house an telephone line of aristocracy and yet not too snobbish. time showing an upholsterer how he wanted the drapes hung, Ivan fell and roughly caught himself but unfortunately managed to hit himself in the side and give himself a large bruis e.\r\nThis is when the health problems begin. The malady began slowly but the painfulness steadily increased. Ivan visited many doctors, but none of them could give him a upstanding diagnosis. The pain caused many problems in his life, most of all it interfered with how he did his job. People began to look down upon him. No one really felt sympathy for Ivan. The people whom he called his friends tempered him the same as he treated them in his life, with total indifference. Even Ivan’s own wife treated his illness as a burden and a trouble. He begins to realize how everyone is treating him.\r\nAll that he wants is benevolence and there is no one there to give him it besides his retainer Gerasim. Ivan shows spots of beginning to realize how he treated life. He treated life with the utmost propriety and tried his very best not to let his emotions get in the way of how he acted and performed his duty. This shows when Ivan says, â€Å"What if my entirely life has really been wrong? ”(p. 1117) Ivan says this while smell at Gerasim peacefully sleeping at his side, the only one who shows the slightest bit of pity and sorrow for him. Ivan’s wife is falsely concerned in his checker merely because that is the thing for her to be in this situation.\r\nShe does not really care if he makes it; she is only unhinged about the inconvenience his suffering is putting her finished and the financial bind his death puts her in. Ivan realizes all these things and assnot even bear to speak with her. He thinks to himself, â€Å"Yes, I am making them wretched…They are sorry, but it pull up stakes be better for them when I die. ” (p. 1119) All of these things lead up to the conclusion in Ivan’s judgement that he is sorry for them. He is trying to act so as not to hurt them. In the final scene someone besides his servant, Gerasim, begins to show pity for him, it is his son.\r\nIvan sees the sorrow and pity in his eye and apologizes to him for causing this grief. With this story, Leo Tolstoy shows that a man bottomland change. That even if it must be through pain and suffering that everyone is capable of redemption. If a man much(prenominal) as Ivan Ilych who never cared for anyone more than necessary can be redeemed and see the fault in his ways then anyone can. The most selfish man can be changed if people show him pity and feel for him, as he should feel for others. It stirred up something inside Ivan when people went out of their way to attempt to comfort him. It made him realize his faults and want to change.\r\n'