Death of Ivan Ilych - extra credit

If you want extra credit, you must answer all of these questions and send your response to me via email.  Otherwise, just answer a few questions, whatever strikes your interest, for regular blog credit.

1. A brief 1 or 2 paragraph summary.

2. Write a 1 or 2 paragraph overall reaction to the story.

3. Comment on the following passages:

* p. 38 death as a third person, the screens

* p. 42 propriety, how people behave (then, now, etc.)

* p. 43 wanting to be cuddled, touched, treated as human

* p. 45-7 lies, not talking directly about the dying except to the servant, Gerasim (more on p. 50)

* p. 50-2 pain, abandonment, life review, the failure of propriety