Russian realism: answer 2 discussion questions

1. How is Ivan’s life, in many ways, like any man’s life? Provide realistic details that make his life “ordinary” yet “terrible” as the story says.

2. Does Ivan Ilyich experience a Christian conversion? Explain your answer.

Who are the characters involved in Ivan’s life at the end that may have led to this? How does Tolstoy use symbolism to portray this?