Which sentence in this excerpt from Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich shows the human tendency to contemplate one’s past li
fe?? Ivan Ilyich couldn’t recall the days he spent as a child. Ivan Ilyich could recall pleasant days only in his childhood. Ivan Ilyich is thinking of someone’s pleasant childhood. Ivan Ilyich had a pleasant adult life but an unremarkable childhood.
The best answer to the question above would be the second statement. The sentence that shows Ivan Iyich's human tendency to contemplate one's past life would be when Ivan Ilyich could only remember the pleasant days in his memories of his childhood.
Answer: was a well-known civil rights activist who had a great deal of influence on American society in the 1950s and 1960s. His strong belief in nonviolent protest helped set the tone of the movement. Boycotts, protests and marches were eventually effective, and much legislation was passed against racial discrimination.