The two forces that govern humankind can be found everywhere in the novel, specifically the routine and reason I think can be seen in the daily gist of things. Like Ivan for example just the basic and simple way he lived his boring life everyday the same way. He and everyone else in mother Russia did the same darn things. They all had their moneymaking routines. They got up, went to a boring job they …showed first 75 words of 1006 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1006 total…s what kept my attention throughout the whole time I was reading it. The basic action to reason and love are truly what keeps man in motion. We think about things and analyze people al the time in real life and the novel was a clearer view of how those actions can affect the life of nobody in particular. The Death of Ivan Ilych Rowena Pedrena AP Lang. Pd 2 Due March 14, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** 1997 Microsoft encarta