Um what text? I don’t know what you’re referring to. :(
The topic that Ivan Ilyich is thinking about here is his approaching death. He is in pain, but he is trying to occupy himself with work so as not to think about the pain he is feeling. This pain leads him to think that he isn't going to live for a long time, and that his death is imminent, and closer than he thought. He is not ready to die, which is why he is scared and wants to forget about the fact that this is going to happen, whether he likes it or not.
We can start by first making changes in our selves and showing others that it effects them too
Answer: Occasion is why the author started writing it in the first place. Like, I wanted to write about leaves today because I was so busy crunching them. Olaudah Equiano wrote about slavery because people didn't know about it, and as a slave he had a unique perspective. Purpose is why an author wrote about it, why it was important to him. I think you can figure that out for most of these authors. Audience is who the author wrote it for. Equiano wrote for the upperclass, people who thought slavery was harmless and humane.
Explanation: