In my opinion, Tolstoy hopes his readers can be aware of what are the truly meaningful .
This novel gives way to the room for us to retropect ourselves and to introsepect the.
life we lead profoundly now and here.
.
The protagonist in this novel, Ivan Ilych , who is a seemingly successful official, lives the .
most unchaotic life and hence most terrible, for His life is lived in ''death.'' To one point,.
his life is lived in death be cause it's devoid of vitality and variety. He follows the so-called .
defined rules share by the high-class people , pursues his career blindly, and he uses his.
self-confining persepectives to make his life suceessful.However, what he thinks is .
successful may well be nothing more than a vanity in disguise. His blind aspiration for his.
possessions brings about his ignorance of what is truly vital and everlasting.And what veil.
his vision is the unreal and vain '' recoginitions.'' of himself. He seems that his life proves .
to be '' meaningful.'' and ''successful'' by achievinging the step-by-step accomplishments or.
some material things. For example, in his perception he thinks that if he obtains something .
acknowleged by the society , his life can be called ''successful.'' But unfortuanately, he himself.
doesn't realize what is truly .
precous in life until death is approaching him. We readers are likely wonder why his life can.
seem so untreasuable and unimportant to him;Otherwise, he wouldn't come to realize the.
importance of life at the last stage of his life. But Tolstoy here fiercely contrives to remind .
us that not only him but also other people lose sight of the treasure of life. Here he offers a .
scene that the collegues of Ivan's are talking about the to-be situation after Ivan's death.'' the.
first thought of each gentleman in the private room was of the changes and promotions it .
might occasion among themselves or their acuaintances.(105) Maybe that is not their fault.