Tolstoy was born into an aristocratic family, but he changed his lifestyle after he had a spiritual experience. his spiritual views are evident in the story. how do you think the symbols he used in this novella to evoke the theme of spirituality? would you consider the death of ivan ilyich to be a particularly spiritual work? why or why not? provide textual evidence to support your answer.

I think this is a very evoking novel.  Ivan's life had been a very "normal" life, plenty of situations that led him to achieve things that were very important like having a good education to be prepared for a professional life full of  success.  His family life with a wife and a son also gave him some emotional stability, but after the accident at home problems appeared and wife didn't give the situation the real importance, then he started to have thoughts and sensations of dying.

I consider this novel a particularly spiritual work because Ivan's loyal nurse, Gerasim,  and the little son are the only ones that can comprehend the real risk of death for Ivan.  While he suffered his illness, he made a thorough review of his life and found that it was much happier when he was younger. Finally he discovered that his family life, including social relations are artificial and decided not to fight against this truth.  At the end, when he dies he had a feeling of extreme joy and liberation.

two factors or characteristics of a chapter that might make it difficult to read would be words i don't understand, or if i don't fully understand what's going on in the chapter. strategies i can use to get through the difficult material would be a dictionary, and re-reading previous chapters to get a better grasp of what the author is trying to say.

a. "to practice" is the best phrase to complete the sentence.

explanation:

during the summer, she likes to practice her soccer skills so that she is ready to play in the fall.

(note that : all the other options "the practicing of", "practice for" and "to do a practice on" are inappropriate as they make the sentence grammatically incorrect.)