His illness also causes him torment because he loses strength and his appetite. The fact that people around him were not understanding his illness and what he is going thru causes him the worst kind of torment, of all. He feels as if they are going thru everyday life as if nothing is wrong. “The pain in his side oppressed him and seemed to grow worse and more incessant, while the taste in his mouth grew stranger and stranger. It seemed to him that his breath had a disgusting smell, and he was conscious of a loss of appetite and strength. There was no deceiving himself: something terrible, new, and more important than anything before in his life, was taking place within him of which he alone was aware. Those about him did not understand or would not understand it, but thought everything in the world was going on as usual. That tormented Ivan Ilych more than anything (IV,
His illness also causes him torment because he loses strength and his appetite. The fact that people around him were not understanding his illness and what he is going thru causes him the worst kind of torment, of all. He feels as if they are going thru everyday life as if nothing is wrong. “The pain in his side oppressed him and seemed to grow worse and more incessant, while the taste in his mouth grew stranger and stranger. It seemed to him that his breath had a disgusting smell, and he was conscious of a loss of appetite and strength. There was no deceiving himself: something terrible, new, and more important than anything before in his life, was taking place within him of which he alone was aware. Those about him did not understand or would not understand it, but thought everything in the world was going on as usual. That tormented Ivan Ilych more than anything (IV,