The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy is a novella about a man struggling on how to live his life. Ilyich is considered to be a very controlling person; he is constantly planning his life the way he seems fit. Later in his life, he comes down with this unbearable pain in his side. He realizes that he is going to die and life cannot be controlled. The Death of Ivan Ilyich was written in a time where everything was isolated. It was isolated because Western European major religion was the Catholicism and Protestantism, while Russia was fully devoted to the Christian Orthodox Church. During the period Leo Tolstoy wrote The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Russia was experiencing many problems such as socially, economically, and politically.
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From there, Ilyich also managed to order himself clothes at “Scharmer’s, the fashionable tailor", had dinner in a first class restaurant and purchases other necessities, from the money he was provided by his father (819). This clearly show that Ilyich tried very hard to become an upper class; going to a fancy restaurant shows that he can be one of the wealthy. It shows that he clearly likes the attention that he was getting from the others. No matter how hard he tries to influence the others that he can be an upper class like the, but he is still considered to be a middle …show more content…
The population was rapidly growing at a very overwhelming rate. During that era, Russia was having a hard time keeping up with the global community and was left behind, as a result, this lead to the decrease of worker and stressing the economy. Prior to his death, Ilyich was facing a hard time with his salary; he was unable to provide his family (823). During the funeral, his wife Praskovya Fedorovna asked Peter Ivanovich if she could increase her husband 's pension (817). Prior to his death, Ilyich was dissatisfied with his pay, arguing with the ministry of justice to increase his pay. With that he decides to move to St. Petersburg to find a high paying job. Due to his status in the bureaucracy, he lands a higher paying position from his former department of
Tolstoy stated …show more content…
From there, Ilyich also managed to order himself clothes at “Scharmer’s, the fashionable tailor", had dinner in a first class restaurant and purchases other necessities, from the money he was provided by his father (819). This clearly show that Ilyich tried very hard to become an upper class; going to a fancy restaurant shows that he can be one of the wealthy. It shows that he clearly likes the attention that he was getting from the others. No matter how hard he tries to influence the others that he can be an upper class like the, but he is still considered to be a middle …show more content…
The population was rapidly growing at a very overwhelming rate. During that era, Russia was having a hard time keeping up with the global community and was left behind, as a result, this lead to the decrease of worker and stressing the economy. Prior to his death, Ilyich was facing a hard time with his salary; he was unable to provide his family (823). During the funeral, his wife Praskovya Fedorovna asked Peter Ivanovich if she could increase her husband 's pension (817). Prior to his death, Ilyich was dissatisfied with his pay, arguing with the ministry of justice to increase his pay. With that he decides to move to St. Petersburg to find a high paying job. Due to his status in the bureaucracy, he lands a higher paying position from his former department of