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.
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Well, some people collect rocks, so you could write:
I have collected rocks from San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Boston.
The right answers are "quite clearly mid-range pottery" and "decorated with a drape of lacy hallmarked silver"
The descriptive details of the text that best help the reader to visualize the particular Victorian tea set are these two options quoted above because they describe two physical characteristics of the Victorian tea set. Because it is a physical feature, it is easier for the reader to imagine how this tea set would look and visualize it in his mind as best he can.
