In Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ovan Llyich, Geramin helped Ivan Llyich Because (A) Gerasim knows that all people die, and he hopes that someone else will help him in the same way. Because unlike everyone else he admits that one day he too shall die. And he sees how Ivan is taken care of and hopes the same for himself when his time comes.
(C) Ivan Llyich ordered Gerasim to tend to him, and Gerasim always obeys his master's orders. Gerasim's master a butler, Sokolov. needed help tending to Ivan and Gerasim never disobeys his master, he always does what he is told.
