In Tolstoy's story “The Death of Ivan Ilych”, it is about two types of life such as artificial life and authentic life. Ivan Ilych's artificial life is characterized by strong relationships, materialism and self-interest. It is a deception that hides the true meaning of life and leaves one terrified at the moment of death. Authentic life, however, is marked by pity and compassion. It gives strength through solidarity and comfort through empathy. Furthermore, it cultivates human relationships that break isolation, create bonds and provide real interpersonal contact. While artificial life leaves emptiness and emptiness, authentic life gives strength through solidarity and comfort through empathy. Tolstoy exemplifies the importance of accepting morality to lead a fully rewarding life and teaches us a number of lessons about human nature, appreciating life, and how we can handle pain. He uses the story of Ivan Ilyich and other characters to symbolize the natural materialism and greed of the human condition. Artificial life represented by Ivan, Praskovya, Peter, including everyone in Ivan's community and company. Throughout the story, Tolstoy describes Ivan Ilych's prime as intelligent, correct, respectable, successful at work, and popular socially. He explains how Ivan's marriage was good in the beginning and after a couple of years it became unpleasant. The marriage never recovered and Ivan neglects his family. This neglect of his family demonstrates the negative effects of materialism and obsession with rightness. Throughout his life, Ivan retained those qualities, firmly believing that they were vital to his happiness. Recapping his life, Tolstoy thinks that Ivan will marry his wife Pr...... middle of paper ......the stages of death. The author mentions how Tolstoy intentionally begins his story backwards because life is often understood more deeply when viewed in retrospect. By placing Ivan's funeral in Part I, Tolstoy provides an intimate view of the social environment Ivan occupies, making it susceptible to criticism and evaluation. In Part 3, he explains how Tolstoy describes, with clarity and detail hardly equaled in the psychological world. , what it's like to be in the prime of life, full of the ordinary tensions of a frustrating or satisfying life, and suddenly die of a horrible, mysterious, painful disease. I find this article very interesting, the fact that the author mentions how Tolstoy intentionally starts his story backwards because life is often understood more deeply when viewed retrospectively.