Duty, in a way, contributed to the shallowness and failure of Ivan's life. Not because duty in itself is bad, but because it has become Ivan's only preoccupation, apart from pleasant life. Tolstoy's negative view of duty is seen in the second half of this sentence: "he considered his duty all things that were so designated by people in authority". So, we are talking about duty as Ivan sees it, and Ivan sees it as it was designated by people in authority. That means, Ivan structures his life and his priorities according to the view of those above him. His only ambition is to try and climb the social ladder. When he fails to do it, he is disappointed and has to find another obsession - of course, materialistic one. And that is the decoration of his new house. That's when he falls down and injures himself - so, indirectly, his materialism has cost him his health and, ultimately, his life.
Emphasizing how happy the family is, i believe.
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Correct answer is C. The author is starting with a general topic and moving to more specific information
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The author in this article <em>"One poor harvest away from chaos"</em> opens the topic of <em>general deficiency of food worldwide</em>. According to the article, the global food prices could rise because of <em>"shrinking supplies"</em>.
The mentioned paragraph starts from that general idea that the food prices could rise, and support the claim that it could be generally very bad for the world population, by adding additional information about the increase of various costs of oil, commodities, etc.
