Nov 3, 2014 Dad woke me up early today. When I came out of my room, I saw Chris heading to the garage with Dad and Mom packing some clothes in a backpack. She told me to finish my breakfast quickly. Dad warned me that if we were late, we would have to miss out on all the big rides. That's when I realized what was happening. We were supposed to go to the amusement park today.

The park was a two-hour drive from our home. When we got there, it was already crowded, which annoyed my father. I wanted to go on the Dark Tunnel ride first. Every guy in my class had gone on the ride. But Chris said that we should keep it for last. I had a lot of fun for the rest of the day. There was this big pool with a machine that created artificial waves. Then there was the Cliffhanger, which Mom didn't allow me to go on. But it was priceless to see Chris's face when he got off the ride. At the end, we went back to the Dark Tunnel ride. Chris was right for once. The tunnel ride was scarier after sunset.

When we got back home, everyone was tired—everyone except me. I could still feel the rush from the roller coaster ride. I hope we have trips like these more often.

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich suggests that ivan ilyich aspired to be part of the elite in society from a young age? a.ivan ilyich was  le phenix de la famille  as people said.  he was neither as cold and formal as his elder brother nor as wild as the younger, but was a happy mean between them—an intelligent polished, lively and agreeable man.b.  even when he was at the school of law he was just what he remained for the rest of his life:   a capable, cheerful, good-natured, and sociable man, though strict in the fulfillment of what he considered to be his duty:   and he considered his duty to be what was so considered by those in authority.c.neither as a boy nor as a man was he a toady, but from early youth was by nature attracted to people of high station as a fly is drawn to the light, assimilating their ways and views of life and establishing friendly relations with them.d.all the enthusiasms of childhood and youth passed without leaving much trace on him; he succumbed to sensuality, to vanity, and latterly among the highest classes to liberalism, but always within limits which his instinct unfailingly indicated to him as correct.e.at school he had done things which had formerly seemed to him very horrid and made him feel disgusted with himself when he did them;