This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: What is memorable in the character of Ivans schoolboy son? Why is hecrucial to the story? ... (Read 600 times)

SAVANNAHHOOPER23

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 542
What is memorable in the character of Ivans schoolboy son? Why is hecrucial to the story? (Suggestion: look closely at paragraphs 349350.)
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Henri Troyat has said that through the story of Ivan Ilych we imaginewhat our own deaths will be. Is it possible to identify with an aging, selfish, worldly, nineteenth-century Russian judge?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

Jane

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 309
Answer to Question 1


  • Ivans son, though only briefly sketched, is unforgettable. Early in the story (par. 48), Peter Ivanovich finds in his eyes (red with crying from genuine grief) that look often seen in unclean boys of thirteen or fourteen. As in all masturbators (according to popular lore), the awful blue ring under eyes (par. 268). Yet it is the schoolboy, alone among Ivans immediate family, who loves Ivan and feels sorry for him. By kissing his fathers hand (par. 349), the boy brings on Ivans illumination.



Answer to Question 2


  • Randall Jarrell seems right in his observation that we terribly identify ourselves with Ivan Ilych. Ivan Ilychs life has been a conventional falsehood; The Death of Ivan Ilych is the story of how he is tortured into the truth. No matter how alien they may have seemed to him to begin with, in the end the reader can dissociate neither from the falsehood, the torture, nor the truth: he is Ivan Ilych.





SAVANNAHHOOPER23

  • Member
  • Posts: 542
Reply 2 on: Jul 20, 2018
:D TYSM


Joy Chen

  • Member
  • Posts: 354
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

Did you know?

Amphetamine poisoning can cause intravascular coagulation, circulatory collapse, rhabdomyolysis, ischemic colitis, acute psychosis, hyperthermia, respiratory distress syndrome, and pericarditis.

Did you know?

In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.

Did you know?

Aspirin may benefit 11 different cancers, including those of the colon, pancreas, lungs, prostate, breasts, and leukemia.

Did you know?

Blastomycosis is often misdiagnosed, resulting in tragic outcomes. It is caused by a fungus living in moist soil, in wooded areas of the United States and Canada. If inhaled, the fungus can cause mild breathing problems that may worsen and cause serious illness and even death.

Did you know?

In 2012, nearly 24 milliion Americans, aged 12 and older, had abused an illicit drug, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library