World Masterpieces 272 Name:_______________________

J. Roth

Tolstoy Writing Assignment—Due Wednesday, May 10, 2006.

The Death of Ivan Ilyich, pp. 1330-1368

“Ivan Ilyich’s life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible” (1336).

First, please create the Believe-and-Do-These-Things-and-You-Will-Live-a-Successful-Life List that Ivan Ilych was given and by which he lived. Items for your list can be found in various parts of the story.

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Next, please share the Believe-and-Do-These-Things-and-You-Will-Live-a-Successful-Life List that you have been given. Items for your list can be found in your beliefs, behaviors, and goals.

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