Which sentence in this excerpt from Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich suggests that Ivan Ilyich felt his family and friends
didn’t understand him and neglected him? A.Does he think I am too weak to stretch out my arm?" thought Ivan Ilyich, and forgetting what he was doing he over-trumped his partner, missing the grand slam by three tricks. B.They all saw that he was suffering, and said: "We can stop if you are tired. Take a rest. C.Ivan Ilyich felt that he had diffused this gloom over them and could not dispel it. D.With this consciousness, and with physical pain besides the terror, he must go to bed, often to lie awake the greater part of the night. E. And he had to live thus all alone on the brink of an abyss, with no one who understood or pitied him
The correct option is E. The statement in option E implies that Ivan Llyich has isolated himself from his family and friends and he lives all alone in his thoughts and mind. He believed that none of his family understand him and that they did not sympathize with his condition. The statement is a statement of a lonely man.
