Death Of Ivan Ilych By Leo Tolstoy

A man who is said to be the most talented novelist in human history is named Leo Tolstoy. He wrote many of the most famous and treasured novels including War and Peace, and Death of Ivan Ilych. He grew up in an extremely wealthy family but left the extravagant lifestyle to die as an alone homeless man. There are many reasons why people believe Tolstoy to be interesting, intriguing, and the single most prized novelist in the world. In his short novel Death of Ivan Ilych, Ivan pictures his death from afar and waits in pain as it slowly approaches. Within his last three days of life, he scream a constant howl. Other than his obvious physical pain, he is also screaming due to the emotional pain he is experiencing as well. Three things that are

causing him mental grief is the realization that he has not lived his life the way he wanted to, he never imagined he would die at a young age, and the differences between healthy human beings, and ill ones.
Although Ivan was in an incredible amount of pain, he was howling for his last three days of life for more of a deeper reason.

When approaching his death, Ivan realized that he had not lived a satisfying life. He was blessed with all of his many fortunes, but he figures out that materials are not all that mattered in life. He lived is life “wrong”. Ivan realizes that he should’ve done more activities that made him happy, and appreciate everything. Now that he had become ill, he noticed that all his fame and fortunes that were previously so important to him, were useless when in bad health. He didn’t have anything to send is money on or use because he was too sick to do so. When Ivan realized is death was drawing near, he began to despise the way he had lived his life, and cried a blistering howl for three days, due to this

conclusion.
The second reason Ivan screamed for three days approaching his death was because he did not expect to die so soon. He was a very powerful man and was, in a way, a little too prideful. He had made is way to the top of the judging ranks and had power over many people’s lives. He decided what happened to the innocent and the guilty. Maintaining such an important power over people, made him forget to look towards the future. He obviously knew he would die someday; everybody does. Nevertheless, he expected to die at a very old age. The realization of his life ending before it was supposed to, in his mind, completely terrifies Ilych. Due to the terrified reaction to this realization, Ivan Ilych howls for three straight days prior to his final breath.
Finally, Ivan Ilych screams for so long before dying because of the relationship he has with others who are healthy.

His wife, and children are healthy and don’t want to be around him. The doctors who are healthy, neglect the true fatality of his illness. Because Ilych has been a very powerful man his whole life, he dislikes the feeling of being “unimportant” or “dramatic” in the eyes of his doctors. Ivan realizes that healthy people do not wish to be in the presence of those who are ill, due to the realization that they will not stay healthy forever. Healthy people do not want to be around the negative energy that is surrounded by illnesses, so they separate themselves. Ivan screams for seventy-two hours because he knows that no one else in the world can empathize for him, because no one can empathize for the dying. He recognizes that if the roles were reversed, he would treat an ill man the same way he is being treated by doctors, his friends, and his family. Conceiving the differences in relationships with people when one becomes ill, is a major reason that Ivan Ilych cries aloud for the last three days of his

life.
Leo Tolstoy is a very loved and appreciated novelist. He has written many important texts in the history of literature. One short novel written by Leo Tolstoy is The Death of Ivan Ilych which is one of his greatest pieces. In The death of Ivan Ilych, Ivan Ilych dies a very slow and extremely painful death. For a whole three days prior to his passing, Ivan screams a blistering howl. Ivan howls for three days because he realizes he had lived his life differently than what he wanted, he is dying way before he expected to die, and his illness changed all of his relationships with all the people around him.