Research Statement

Purpose statement: The purpose of this case study will be to describe the transformed ideas of death that is shown in the story The Death of Ivan Ilyish.

Central question: What does it mean about the transformed ideas of death in The Death of Ivan Ilyish?

Sub-questions: 1. What happened to Ivan Ilyish? How did he become sick?

                         2. What did Ivan Ilyish feel about his life before and after he fell ill? What changed?

                         3. How Ivan Ilyish’s wives, children and colleagues think of when he got sick or died?