In life, we often think about death and what has become of our life. We never suspect that we are going to get sick and die, and we very rarely agonize over whether our life is what it should be until it is too late, as Tolstoy shows in "The death of Ivan Ilyich. Throughout his life, Tolstoy was religious and enjoyed life, but as he reached the height of his fame and was fourteen years old, he began to question everything he had believed in . Some people think that "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" contains a lot of symbolism between the story and Tolstoy's life. In "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" there is a lot of symbolism of life and death in relation to Tolstoy's life. Ivan Ilyich was a successful man. He decided to achieve his goals and make money. He married the women he loved and had two beautiful children, living a good life with money and accomplishments. He didn't have normal worries like most working class people, he just did what he set out to do and succeeded. It should be noted that "Ivan Ilyich's life had been the simplest and most ordinary and therefore the most terrible." (Arp, 512) Until the day he fell ill. For months he remained bedridden in excruciating pain, and doctors could not agree on what he was suffering from. Towards the end of his life, he began to question whether his life was really what it should have been and whether or not he had achieved everything he was supposed to achieve. He questioned death as if to ask "What is it? Can it be death?......Why this suffering?" (Arp, 553) The reader is now left with the question: Did he die of physical pain or mental pain? anxiety too? We could say that faced with his imminent death, he went through five psychological stages. He initially experienced denial and ignored the fact that he might be dying. He ignored his pain until it became too severe to heal. Second, he went through anger. He became angry at his condition and lashed out at his family, friends and servants. Then he went through a short period of bargaining, when he received communion for his wife, he said to himself "Live! I want to live!" (Arp, 556) All he wanted was to live his life the way he knew he should have. The fourth stage was depression. This is the period he went through just before he realized he was going to die. He felt it would be better if he died when he realized "Yes, I'm making them miserable", he thought. "They are sorry... in the middle of a paper... dress in uniform and go to the courthouse." (Arp, 530-531) No one, however, would know if Ivan or the "Citizen unknown" were injured or missing, because "If something was wrong, they certainly should have heard it." (Arp, 672) Not everyone is as attentive to a person's needs as they should be. In the "Death of Ivan Ilyich", the symbolism of death is very important. It shows that we should always look to the future and what we can become rather than to the present and what. we want at that moment Will we become what we wanted to be and live the fullest life possible It's only up to us Ivan Ilyich began to make this decision when he was too. Late in everyday life, we take for granted that our values ​​are solid and that the projects and activities we undertake are worthwhile. We never take a “step back” to realize that we are doing something. be something good or we don't. We are mainly concerned with our.