Tolstoy set up Gerasim to be a foil to Praskovya Fedorovna in these two excerpts from The Death of Ivan Ilyich by keeping her reminded that she is just a peasant. Since Praskovya does not feel anything special between her husband anymore, Gerasim has a sense of compassion by helping Ivan by being a spiritual and physical bridge.
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If they have a smaller population the economy will go down and if it gets too high they may end up being a problem with food shortages and space for people who live in will decrease also lowing the economy. and that's just a few of the things the population almost anywhere can affect.
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