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What Examples Show That Ivan Ilyich Didnt Live His Life To The Fullest

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What examples show that Ivan ilyich didn’t live his life to the fullest ? how do his choices from his past reflect on him now ? what do you think ivan ilyich regrets now?I think that ivan ilyich thought that the importance of life was to look good in society and make good money, he married someone who had good enharrintance ,but he wasn’t in love with her and he got a job that he didn’t enjoy but paid well money . His past choices reflect on him now that he is dying because he realizes that he could’ve been happier and he wasted his life because he was to worried about others opinions.
Before Ivan Iilych’s death he is questioning the meaning of life and he is worried that he didnt live as he wanted because he was to worried about the future

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