<span>One of the recurring themes in the Death of Ivan Ilyich is the two lives that people live in. One is the shallow way of life which consists of materialism and selfishness. The second is the real life which shows the truer meaning of life through deep human relationships, sense of belonging, and strength of character. The shallow life is said to be the one that overshadows the real life because most people only want what is on the surface. Another theme is the acceptance of death. This is seen when Ivan tries to accept death with great difficulty. The sooner he accepted his death, the happier he became and the more he saw the deeper things in life. </span>
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To answer this question, you will need to read the entire text, understand the theme and the central topic of the text, and then reread paragraph 16. The text theme is the message it wants to promote and the topic is the subject being presented in the text. For this to be developed in paragraph 16, this paragraph will need to show how this theme and topic actually apply, or the paragraph must present evidence to show that the topic and topic are real and true. In other words, we can state that this paragraph should show that it should stimulate the understanding of the topic and theme of the text, making them more palpable and identifiable for the reader.
