— Anonymous Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” impressed me significantly since he narrates the thoughts, feelings and experience of death so vividly, and more importantly, he reveals life wisdoms and society problems beneath Ivan’s death. It reminds me of Cao Xueqin’s words about what is a great work “a grasp of mundane affairs is […]
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What is important and how we value things
— Anonymous Reading “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” by Tolstoy opened my mind in so many thoughts and feelings. Spending most of our time in our homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I think some of us have lots of free time and either we want it or not, we spend some of it thinking […]
This text can connect to how people are feeling being quarantined during the Covid-19 pandemic
— Sumi Paul Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Ilyich”, is about a man who spends his whole life trying to get higher and higher in his career path. However, it is only when he is in his deathbed that he realizes the mistake he made throughout his life. Instead of focusing on the things that […]
Ivan seemed to neglect his family chasing his personal priorities
—Shawn Bendeck Roughly a month or so ago, CUNY along with pretty much every university throughout the country announced that in class learning will no long resume. Distant learning had immediately been put into effect. Bars have closed, restaurants, and pretty much every store you may desire to attend. Professional sports have all been cancelled […]
I feel like this story, The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy, is very relatable especially due to our current circumstances…
— Abdulla Al Sudman I feel like this story, The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy, is very relatable especially due to our current circumstances. It speaks on how human beings naturally follow a specific path and for the longest time they believe that that’s the only path that should be taken. And this routine […]
