Which themes are portrayed in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich?

praskovya fedorovna came of a good family, was not bad looking, and had some little property. ivan ilyich might have aspired to a more brilliant match, but even this was good. he had his salary, and she, he hoped, would have an equal income. she was well connected, and was a sweet, pretty, and thoroughly correct young woman. to say that ivan ilyich married because he fell in love with praskovya fedorovna and found that she sympathized with his views of life would be as incorrect as to say that he married because his social circle approved of the match. he was swayed by both these considerations: the marriage gave him personal satisfaction, and at the same time it was considered the right thing by the most highly placed of his associates.

so ivan ilyich got married.

**you can choose more then one answer**

1. conforming to social conventions

2. criticism of a middle class lifestyle

3. the destructive impact of loneliness

4. struggling to face reality

5. the necessity of companionship

1. conforming to social conventions

2. criticism of a middle class lifestyle

5. the necessity of companionship

Explanation:

The excerpt talks about how Ivan Ilyich needed to marry to conform to the social conventions that dictated how women and men should be in a marriage and this also shows that the excerpt criticizes a middle-class lifestyle, where marriages were not made between people who loved each other, but as a form of social ascension which did not always bring happiness to those involved.

Finally, the excerpt shows the need for company that Ivan Ilyich had, and because of this he was happy that his wife besides meeting the standards that society determined was also a company that he was very pleased.

This can be proved by the passage: "the marriage gave him personal satisfaction, and at the same time it was considered the right thing by the most highly placed of his associates."

what does the author mean by "many journeys" in this excerpt?

government intervention

multiple truths

individual stories

historical monuments

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)