What is the correct order of events in ivan ilyich’s life as depicted in chapters 5–8 of tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich? ivan ilyich tries to read a zola novel while convincing himself that he is healing, but his pain returns worse than ever. ivan ilyich tries to distract himself from his death by resuming his professional duties as a judge but fails. ivan ilyich visits a specialist who tells him that his vermiform appendix is the problem. ivan ilyich tries to use the logic of caius the mortal to try to make sense of dying but fails. ivan ilyich watches his family leave to go to the theater and finally gains some peace.

I believe the correct order is: 1, 3, 4, 2 and 5.

In Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Ilyich”, chapters 5–8, correct order of events is:

At first, Ivan Ilyich tries to read a Zola novel while convincing himself that he is healing, but his pain returns worse than ever. 

Than Ivan Ilyich visits a specialist who tells him that his vermiform appendix is the problem. 

After that, Ivan Ilyich tries to use the logic of Caius the mortal to try to make sense of dying but fails. 

Ivan Ilyich tries to distract himself from his death by resuming his professional duties as a judge but fails. 

At the end, Ivan Ilyich watches his family leave to go to the theater and finally gains some peace.

throughout the ancient epic of gilgamesh, the protagonist, gilgamesh of course, exhibited many character traits that made him a true epic hero. one great trait that gilgamesh acquires of an epic hero is that he's a courageous and confident leader. in the text enkidu is too afraid to fight, but he's positive that gilgamesh has the ability to triumph against humbaba. gilgamesh tells enkidu to not be afraid and then continues on to remind him of all the victories he's had against similar foe. gilgamesh proves that he's confident by encouraging enkidu and shows he's courageous when enkidu ask gilgamesh to battle humbaba alone because he knows that gilgamesh will reign victorious.

another characteristic that makes gilgamesh an epic hero is that he's brave and takes risks. "dread surged through gilgamesh, terror flooded his muscles, his heart froze, his mouth went dry, his legs shook, his feet were rooted to the ground. / gilgamesh felt his courage return. they charged at humbaba like two wild bulls." when reading the first part of the quote you see that gilgamesh is terrified of humbaba, and realizing that humbaba is the antagonist he's about to battle is taking a big risk. gilgamesh soon shows how brave he is by not letting his fear of humbaba overtake him, instead he went charging into the face of fear and triumphs.