relationship of individual to society in Tolstoy s The Death of Ivan Ilych
“The relationship of individual to society in Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Ilych” Everyone in one way or another wants or at least hopes to leave some sort of mark or imprint on peoples lives when they decease. ... In Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Ilych” Ivan viewed himself as an individual who would leave a mark in many people’s lives. ... Ivan also had a health problem and he wanted others to pity him and aid him at all times. ... Ivan Ilych, to say the least, definitely was interested in being prestigious and of high social rank. ... He wanted them to think of him as a high-class, wealthy important individual among society. Ivan Ilych’s income was moderately high but his cost of living was much higher towards which he would demand a salary of five thousand rubbles a year. ... 44, Tolstoy). ... He became obsessed with his illness and knew that it would be the cause of his death. He became a hopeless individual who couldn’t even look at his restrained body in the mirror. ... He started feeling as though people were actually waiting for his death to arrive and not for a minute caring that it would soon come.