Theme of The Death of Ivan Ilych

In working with literature, one of the most important activities is arguing for a theme for the literary work. The most common error that people make in choosing a theme is confusing a topic and a theme, so please be sure to review the lecture on theme to get an overview on the difference between these. For this discussion board, indicate what you feel the the theme of The Death of Ivan Ilych is. Bring in evidence from the story to support this. There is no one “right” theme. A literary work can have many themes, but the theme must fit in with the details of the literary work. Don’t base the theme on a small portion of the work, then, and ignore how other aspects of the work don’t fit it.