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Ivan Ilych life

            "What if my whole life has really been wrong?".
             When the life is not perfect then there is nothing to expect other then worries. Happiness and sadness is part of everybody's life. Life of Ivan Ilych has been some how the same. He had gone through so much in life that it's very hard to put into work anybody but him. The Story begins with the incredible news of Ivan Ilych and mostly goes through his life.
             The story mention that his life had been most simple, ordinary and most terrible. He was the second son in the family out of three and was member of Court of Justice. He spent his life as an ordinary person meaning he had his fun and though time in his life. He had good relationship with hi friend and family. He had kept his official duties separate from his private life. He had well since of humor and was always challenging himself to his work. He was very happy with his first job and was settled down. About two year into his job he meet his future wife Proskovya Fedorovna and found her very attractive, brilliant and clever girl on the set. So they get married and there comes the start of a whole new life. That's where his life takes turn and a whole different situation begins. She want him to devote all his attention to him but be want like that he want to keep his mind on and his family but she wouldn't let him, so he started to ignoring her by continually living his easy life. He did everything to be keeping his family happy but wasn't working out he lost his interest in his family and start spending his night out in clubs and with his friends.
             Family problems and increasing in duties at his work he was totally getting lost. Five years after marriage he got transferred to another province and a public prosecutor. The cost of living was greater, beside two of their children died and family life become still more unpleasant for him. His wife blamed him for everything. His life was really getting worse that even his dad did even help him when he needed it.


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