I would say that the theme that Leo Tolstoy explores in this excerpt from The Death of Ivan Ilyich is that C) human mortality is inevitable, and it is important to live an authentic life.
" The soil became extremely dry, and when the strong winds blew, they created tremendous dust storms"
"in some places, the drought and high winds lasted for eight years"
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He died bevcause people didn't appreciate his work and what he stood for. He was looked over and hated by most democrats of the senate.
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