The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Chapters 5-8: Tutorial Drag each label to the correct excerpt in the table.
These excerpts from Tolstoy's The Death of Man Ilyich describe Ivan Ilyich's thoughts about death. Label each excerpt as either a genuine thought that
Ivan truly feels or a self-deception that he uses to avoid facing death.
"Yes, that's it" he said to
himself. "One need only
assist nature, that's all."
He remembered his
medicine, rose, took it,
and lay down on his
back watching for the
beneficent action of the
medicine and for it to
lessen the pain. "I need
only take it regularly and
avoid all injurious
influences. I am already
feeling better, much
Ivan Ilyich now spent
most of his time in
attempting to re-
establish that old
current. He would say to
himself: "I will take up
my duties again after
all I used to live by
them."
better