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“ I have learned two lessons in my life: first, there are no sufficient literary, psychological, or historical answers to human tragedy, only moral ones. Second, just as despair can come to one another only from human beings, hope, too can be given to one only by other human beings” These words by the great Jewish author Elie Wiesel illustrate how our ability to relate to others affects the degree of suffering we must endure.
Human suffering is a fact of life. ... From the birth process to the horror of death we experience it. Human suffering has been written in the book of our lives and we will encounter it at some time or another. ...
In “The Death of Ivan Illych”, a short story by Leo Tolstoy written over a century ago, we are told a tale of a man who on his death bed, looks back on the life he has lived and sees it revealed as nothing more than empty, false, and meaningless relationships.
Approximate Word count = 716 Approximate Pages = 2.9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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