L.E.A.P. Journal for Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy A. Section covered: Part 1 and 2 (pages 17-245) B. Summary: This story first starts out with chaos in the Oblonsky’s household. Prince Stephen Oblonsky's wife Dolly found out that he was having an affair with their children’s Fre...

"The Death of Ivan Ilych" is Leo Tolstoy's assertion of man's attitude and position in life. In an attempt to teach society the fallacy of propriety (conforming to society), he created this melancholy tale of the life and death of Ivan Ilych. A man whose main goal in life is to attain ...

The short story, "The Death of Ivan Ilych", written by Leo Tolstoy, is about the reactions of a man and his friends to his suffering and death. Everyone who knows Ivan including Ivan himself has led a life of total disconcern for the feelings and sufferings of others. They all lead shallow liv...

In the short story "The Death of Ivan Ilych" by Leo Tolstoy, the reader meets Ivan Ilych. Ivan leads a shallow life, never venturing outside his societal boundaries. Ivan is an unfeeling attorney who treats people of the lower station with kindly disdain. Ivan systematically seeks to join the h...

Ardor Anna Karenina is one of the main characters in the novel Anna Karenina written by Leo Tolstoy. She's a beautiful, elegant, married woman. Her family is in a condition of instability and destruction as the novel begins. She's a very attractive lady, men want to be with her like be...

Throughout the novel, there a many different themes. The book starts with "all happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"(part 1 ch.1), which introduces the themes of marriage, love, and family life. Moral, religious, class and society themes are also so...