In this excerpt from Leo Tolstoy’s "The Death of Ivan Ilyich", the sentences that best shows how Ivan Ilyich struggles with his life and his inability to let go of his past are:
"He was hindered from getting into it by his conviction that his life had been a good one. That very justification of his life held him fast and prevented his moving forward, and it caused him most torment of all."
In this two sentences, we can see that Ivan Ilyich cannot comprehend what is happening to him if his life had been so god. His past happiness does not allow him to accept his current situation. Ivan Ilyich is aware of this incapacity of letting go of his past and feels frustrated and depressed because of it.
Answer: The answer is the first one - Data exists to support birth order theory.
Explanation:
This is normally how a conversation takes place between parents and their child while asking for permission.
The phone rings and Rohan’s mother picks up the call.
Rohan (son) : Mom I need to ask you something.
Mother: What is it son?
Rohan: Mom you known that I’m at my friend’s place for his birthday celebration. . .
Mother : Yes. So? What’s the matter?
Rohan : So can I just stay at my friend’s house for tonight?
Mother : No. I’ve permitted you to go at his party, but I can’t permit you to stay at his place.
Rohan : Mom please mom, it is my friend who insisted me to stay by. Rest of my friends are also staying, and their parents even agreed.
Mother : Fine. You may stay, but make sure you don’t involve in any kind of mischievous behavior. And be back tomorrow early morning. You get that?
Rohan : Yes mom. Thank you so much. You’re the best mom.
And they hung up the call !!
The correct answer is metaphor.
A metaphor is a rhetorical figure of speech where two or more things are symbolically compared, without using the words such as like or as (because that would be a simile). This whole poem is symbolical/metaphorical - it talks about the passage of time and how everything is transient and fleeting.
