The theme of the book "Tolstoy" the death of ivan ilyich. i read the book but i don't get the theme.
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http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/ivanilych/
Think about what Theme is: a theme is the central topic a text treats. Themes can be divided into two categories: a work's thematic concept is what readers "think the work is about" and its thematic statement being "what the work says about the subject".