What is Art?

“The Death of Ivan Ilych” is art by this criteria. Tolstoy’s writing keeps my attention throughout “The Death of Ivan Ilych” and awakens my soul. I have never read any literature of Leo Tolstoy, and I could not walk away from the story, I wondered what happened next. It makes me realize how important life is to be treated. This work of art expresses to me Tolstoy’s views on life and death. The short story gives examples of how a person can live life the wrong way. In reading the “The Death of Ivan Ilych”, many feelings stir up inside me because I can relate his experience with my grandfather that died of cirrhosis of the liver.

Tolstoy reaches the soul because he describes Ivan’s life occurrence through his spiritual revelation. He observed a heartbreaking death of his brother. In reading, “The Death of Ivan Ilych” Tolstoy portrays Ivan as a thoughtless and selfish man. I see Ivan as

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A person can decide how he or she will want to live life. He never has any time for his children, nor does he make time for us, his grandchildren. Six months later my grandfather dies. He decides to go to the School of Law. I will never know now because he never gave us the chance. He r is either at work, eating, sleeping or at the bar.

Reading the literature of Leo Tolstoy was a wonderful but sad experience.

Work Cited

Tolstoy, Leo. In reading “The Death of Ivan Ilych” many feelings stir up inside because I can relate his experience with the way my grandfather lived his life. Of married life, he demands only the conveniences it could provide for him. Ivan begins to focus on his career because of his unhappiness at home. Ivan does try to give these things to his family. I am devastated, but decide not to tell my father when I return from my trip from visiting his family.

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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

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