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Assignment: Ivan lived his life quite differently from the way we saw Socrates live his life. Ivan, like others in his social circle, was concerned with propriety. Socrates was concerned with challenging the status quo. Think about whether the way that Ivan Ilyich lived his life might have contributed to his having a more difficult time accepting his death. What do you think about the way Ivan lived his life? Do you think that affected his experience of dying? Does Ivan seem regretful?

We can think of "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" as a single case study on a dying patient. Think of this case study in terms of the discussions between provider and patient that Kubler-Ross emphasizes in On Death & Dying. This is explicitly obvious when the doctor speaks to Ivan Ilyich, but is also apparent in Tolstoy's descriptions of Ivan Ilyich's thoughts. While dying, Ivan has the opportunity to reflect on his life and his death.
Like Kubler-Ross, Tolstoy captures the process of grieving one's own death. Tolstoy wrote "The Death of Ivan Illyich" by 1886, nearly a century before Kubler-Ross published On Death & Dying. Nevertheless, it seems Tolstoy depicts at least some of the 5 stages of dying that Kubler-Ross later identified.

Write two paragraphs explaining how Tolstoy depicts the "stages" of dying and grieving one's death that Kubler-Ross identified:

In paragraph 1, (1) identify one of the Kubler-Ross stages that Ivan Ilyich might be going through. (2) Give at least one specific example of Ivan Ilyich exhibiting that stage. (3) Say how Tolstoy's depiction of the stage is the same as Kubler-Ross's description and how it is different.

In paragraph 2, do the same thing for another stage.