Friday, April 6, 2018
Week 11 Analysis
This week I will be doing a literary analysis reading of the story "The Death Of Ivan Ilyich" by the author Leo Tolstoy. The literary devices I bellevue Tolstoy uses is dialogue, plot, point of view in this story. They use Dialogue beginning of the story when people are talking to each other about Ivan at his funeral and then a bit throughout the rest of it. The plot is mostly in a sequence of events expect for the beginning were they start at Ivan funeral, then they go back 30 years to show all the moments in order up to his death. It has the point of view of Ivan only when he is having a conversation with other people but when he is not the story continues in a regular point of view of third person story telling. I really do not know how I want to say this is but the theme of the story to me is when you reach the end of your life or about to die you reflect on what you could have done differently or changed in your life. I think this idea means a lot to everyone aseptically when look how you gotten to this point in your life and wether or not you made a different choice in specific moment in your life would things be better for you. I think this plays out well in the story because Ivan sees his pain, suffering, the way his family treats him, and eventually his death were because of the actions he has made and now kind of regrets. I think this connects to the author very well because he probably fells that there are things he has done in his life the he wishes he could have taken back or rather not have done like many of us feel.
"The Death Of Ivan Ilyich". The Norton Anthology World Literature, Third Edition, Vol. E. Martin Puchner. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012. Pages 735-778.
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Hi Timothy, I totally agree with you. Ivan lives most of his life trying to measure up to other people’s expectation instead of relying on his own moral values. He tried to blend in with the aristocratic society and feels if he does everything according to their way of life, his life will be successful. He learns that this is not the case until the end, but like you said it’s too late. You had two small spelling errors, but other than that great job.
ReplyDeleteHi Timothy! I like your literary analysis of "The Death of Ivan Illyich" because you really looked into how he looked back on his life in regret which relates to the readers. I completely agree with your thoughts on this. Just like everyone else, we all have things we regret or wish we can change. Great job and keep the good work!
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ReplyDeleteGreat job on your analysis of "The Death of Ivan Illyich". I liked how you were able to make a connection between the author and the story. Thinking about it, it makes total sense!
-Patrick
Hi Timothy, I liked your literary analysis on "The Death of Ivan Illyich" It was nice to see how you interpreted the story and how you made connections between the author and the story! Great Job!
ReplyDeleteHello Timothy, I enjoyed reading your analysis on the story, "The Death of Ivan Illyich". I would agree with your thoughts of the theme being that someone begins to reflect on life the closer they are to death. The stroy itself was interesting to see because Ivan is almost showing throughout the story that he welcomes death or even wants it to come upon him. I also thought that through most of the story he wanted other's to feel sorry for him and to show him that they care about him. Overall I liked the analysis good work Timothy.
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