American Values

The setting shows the time and place in which a situation occurs. In story “The Lady with the Pet Dog”, the situations take different places throughout the narrative. The story begins with Gurov sitting in a café in Yalta when he first sees the character Anna Sergeevna with whom he becomes fascinated. Yalta is a vacation spot and Gurov is already well known of his adventures and immoral behavior. While on vacation there, he realizes that this place does not have too much to do other than meet new people. Since he has already known many women vacationing on this resort, he decides to switch his interests on the new arrivals. Once he meets Anna Sergeyevna, the setting takes place again in Yalta near the sea. Chekhov provides a detailed description of the sea and the romance of the location including "the chirrup of the grasshoppers," "the heat," and "the smell of the sea.” Chekhov describes a stroll Anna and Gurov take as "the scenery

The next silence comes after a week of continued daily meetings and foretells the relationship’s passage from casual to physically intimate.  Before the silence is noted, Dmitri and Anna are at a jetty admiring the sea and watching the boats come and go, and Dmitri is watching Anna closely; as she chatters aimlessly, he notices her movements and the shining in her eyes, all of which are the backdrop for the rising tension that peaks during a moment of silence:  ‘“The weather’s improved towards evening,” he said.  “Where shall we go now?  Shall we take a drive somewhere?”  She made no answer.’  Anna’s failure to respond (her silence) marks the height of the tension and is immediately followed by a sudden embrace, a passionate and romantic kiss, laden with the nervousness that comes with public indiscretion, and finally, the suggestion from Dmitri that the two go to a private place to consummate the relationship:  “Let’s go to your place…” he said softly.  And they both walked quickly’.  Once again, after a silence, the relationship escalates.  Chekhov uses the device repeatedly as the two fracture over Anna’s guilt and go their separate ways; the extended

Although Chekhov emphasized in the beginning of the text that money holds power as shown by Anna and Modest Alexeich’s relationship, Chekhov shifts the power dynamic by introducing Anna’s beauty and sense of empowerment and now Anna has a new sense of awareness and power. Following the ball, His Excellency “[thanks Anna] for her part in the bazaar” and asked her permission to come again (283). After establishing herself and her influence at the ball, His Excellency’s visit to Anna truly places emphasis on her role at the ball. Having one of the highest member of society personally visit and thank Anna gave her the highest sense of empowerment as this moment proves to be significant. Most notably when her husband looks at her with the “cringingly respectful expression that she was accustomed to see on his face in the presence of the illustrious and the powerful,” and she confidently and clearly articulated the following statement, “Get out, you blockhead!” (283). Compared to the confined and powerless young lady Chekhov presented in the beginning of the plot,

The author portrayed the banker as a foolish and greedy man, and since Chekhov characterized him as static, he never changed. His inability to alter his ways resulted in him making an extraordinarily rash bet and later on him wanting to kill a man in cold blood. “That is not true! I bet you two million that you

It is very hard to be criticized instead of being supported and Junto Diaz was rejected and censured by his family and at school by some of his classmates for not being the typical “Dominican alpha male”. In addition, it is common thing today to witness the cases of rejection by the society you are living in. A fine example of a safe target of rejection and its affect is Oscar, the main character of the Junto Diaz’s “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”. However, do we know the main causes of which a person is rejected by society and the consequences that this rejection brings with it? Many of you will agree with me that racial or cultural bias, being introvert, appearance, and level of education, economy, and different social classes are the most common reason why people reject others. Also, rejection brings with it many negative consequences such as damaging impact on mental and physical health, produces surges of anger and aggression, destroys our self-esteem and temporarily lowers our IQ.

When he heard of the critical conditions of his sister and Sveta’s boy respectively, he did not hesitate to use his first two wishes to save them respectively. His sister had a fatal lung cancer; “The fish undid it in an instant-the words barely out of Sergei's mouth.”.(lines 135-137) And

Jia Jiang introduced the audience his motion of 100 days of rejection, a “Rejection Therapy”, which was invested by the Canadian entrepreneur, Jason Comely. The basic idea of Rejection Therapy is for 100 days, you go out and look for rejection and every day get rejected by something, you desensitize yourself from the pain by the end. What’s more, he talked a lot about the reason makes the strangers reject his asking. For example, one day, Jia Jiang went to a stranger’s house with a flower in his hand and he asking for planting the flower in the stranger’s backyard. He was rejected but that’s because the stranger has a dog and he did not want Jia Jiang’s flower dug by this dog. Therefore, it was because what he offered does not fit what the stranger

Sergey’s parents had two other sons. Sergey was a talented chemist; he was bound to find a good job in the U.S., where the opportunities were unlimited and success required only talent and determination. Anti-Semitism is obviously an undercurrent in the story. Marina and Sergey are both discriminated against in their professional lives for their ethnicity. It’s part of their reason for wanting to leave the U.S.S.R. And Fischer. Marina resists the idea of leaving, despite the difficulties of her life in Soviet Russia. They spent the entire winter and a good part of the spring discussing whether applying for a visa was worth the risk. In May, when the match between Spassky and Fischer was first touted in the press as a Cold War standoff, Sergey, excited, said that he was willing to let the match decide their fate. If Fischer won, they would apply for exit visas. If he lost, they would stay in the Soviet Union. Every night, Marina would wait for Sergey on the porch. His train arrived at six-fifteen. It was only two-fifteen in Reykjavík, not that she really cared what time it was in Reykjavík. Marina always marvelled at how brittle he seemed, when she slid into his arms and clasped her hands around his back. She could

This is first shown in the beginning of the story when the setting is revealed; the story first takes place in Yalta, a vacation destination. Vacations are usually escapes from reality. This element of setting shows they both feel the need to escape from their lives and their spouses. In addition, Yalta also symbolizes the carelessness and the lack of responsibility yet simplicity they, specifically Anna, feel when

The family’s life was about as normal as it could be until one fateful night a year after being moved to the Impatiev household. The family was asleep one evening when they were suddenly woken and told to get dressed. Anastasia was then led down to the cellar of the Impatiev house along with her sisters, brother, parents, and a few of the family’s servants. The family was told by the Bolsheviks they were being protected from an advancing attack, but were met with something much worse. As the Nikolaevna family entered the basement, they were bombarded with gunfire, sparing no

One main character of this film is Sergey Kotov, is a Russian civil war hero and an idol of the many. He worked side by side with Stalin during the revolution and formed a close relationship with him. He now lives with his wife Marussya and daughter Nadya in a country house. When tanks are about to crush the wheat field, he stops them immediately all by himself. He has great leadership and speaking skills, as well as great respect from others. Another main character of this film, Mitya, previously fought on the White Army against the new soviet regime. He was Marussya’s lover over a decade ago, but then left Russia for unknown reasons. Now he is recruited by the secret police and work as a secret agent. He came to Kotov’s house primarily for his personal reasons, one being revenge. He detests Kotov for taking his lover Marussya, conscripting him into the NKVD, and causing him to lose his love and faith to Mother Russia. The other main character, Marussya, bounces back and forth between Mitya and Kotov. She initially loves Mitya dearly, but Kotov conscripted Mitya into the NKVD, forcing him to leave Marussya, so that Kotov can get closer to her. When she found out that Kotov had done this, she wants to commit suicide by jumping from the top floor of the house. But she gradually accepts that fact after Kotov’s brilliant speaking skills.

They dance and play games and have a somewhat of a good time. Trofimov and Lyubov are talking and Lyubov has a telegram from paris and Trofimov asked her questons and they both get into a heated argument. Lyubov asks Petya to dance and Yasha wants to know what is wrong with grandpa and Firs says he does not feel well. Anya finds out that the cherry orchard is sold and Ranevsky wants to know what Grandpa Firs is going to do and where he will live. He told her that he will go wherever she wants him to go and he does not look like he is feeling well. Anya’s mother is crying because she is sad about the Orchard and Anya tells her mother in line 343 that they can built a new

Boris, Orwell’s Russian acquaintance, is no better off than Orwell, but when Orwell and Boris bond together, they are able to cope with poverty together. In fact, when Orwell locates Boris, he is in such a weak and emotionally distressed state that Orwell, “hurried downstairs and bought a loaf of bread” (28). Orwell, who already has very little money, shares what he has with Boris in an attempt to support a fellow member of the lower class. After this incident Boris and Orwell are allied in the search for jobs. In the quest for jobs, Boris and Orwell trek across Paris together to apply for employment. Boris often hinders Orwell because of his limp that often prevents them from finding occupations. However, Orwell does not leave his friend. Boris also uses his connections to find jobs for both himself and Orwell. Neither Boris nor Orwell gives up, “Oh, we shall find something” (29), because they support each other both physically and mentally. Even when Orwell is in a tight bind for money, he asks Boris, “to let me share his two francs” (38). However, because Boris has no money, they both decide to pawn their overcoats. They work out plans together and help each other figure out the best way to make money. Orwell and Boris feel comfortable asking each other for support and are able

After multiple experiences of rejection, people can sometimes be forced to wonder what they could change to become more desirable. The sincere nature of the message resonates emphatically.

In a time of grief and loneliness, Boris aids Theo in finding comfort in what he has. Even though the rest of his life and the world around him are uncertain, the moon is stationary and unchanging, providing a sense of familiarity and comfort, no matter the location.