The opinion about the Russian society that Leo Tolstoy expresses in this
excerpt from The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the following one:
D. Peasants more readily accepted unpleasant facts of life, while the middle class tried to deny them.
We
can see that Ivan's servant is with him all along during his sickness,
helping him and understanding what is going on, whereas people who
belong to the middle or upper class regard his condition with disgust.
