Forty Stories

Anton Chekhov in “the Lady with the Dog,” brilliantly displays the quest of one man to find happiness. Anton Chekhov’s short story, The Lady with the Little Dog, is the simple story of a philandering married man who finally falls in love with an unhappily married woman with whom he has an affair.  Though it is a remarkably simple plot, the story is compelling to read because Chekhov’s use of two effective plot devices with diction and symbolism.

A story, of any type, is greatly affected by the characters’ outlook on life. A bright, hopeful main character will give the narrative a more lighthearted feel, and cause the reader to feel encouraged and satisfied. If the character has a negative perspective, however, it can elicit sadness, pity, or even irritation from the reader. In Voltaire’s Candide and Tolstoy’s Death of Ivan Ilyich, two characters with very different worldviews are displayed. The lighthearted Candide maintained an attitude of cheerfulness and perseverance even through the hardships of his life, which stems from his deep love and care for others, while the coldhearted despair of Ivan Ilyich is only intensified into anger by the feigned optimism of those around him.

His conflict shows us the peasant’s dignity in the depths of deprivation. His full tolerance of his new identity and of his camp life, and his remarkable ability to build a worthwhile existence for himself out of the capricious camp system, make him a spiritual hero. His intensity in living, eating, and working puts him in control of his world. This is exemplified when Shukhov labors on a brick wall, the narrator says that he concentrates on it as if he owned every inch of it. In a way, although he is a slave, he is still the leader of his own small dominion. He is not an aristocrat by birth, but inwardly he is proud, dominant, and invulnerable. Accordingly, immortalizing Shukhov through publication will paint a poignant portrait of survival to the Soviet people, with the added bonus of expediting the liberalization of the national political and intellectual climate.

"There is a spy! There are in fact two filthy, double-dealing, misleading, two-faced, liars among us!" I announce. Everyone gasps in horror as they are processing this dreadful news. I immediately start to panic. If these two spies got away with this information, the king would be informed, and that would be it for all the peasants. If I get put into prison, who will support my family? Michel is only 8, Adelina has no common knowledge on how to deal with money, and my poor, poor baby, Julienne, God bless you. I pity myself as I remember the hard times when no one could afford any bread, not that there was any at all. They were hard times. Julienne was down with the dreadful flu, no food or medicine to help, the next day, she was simply gone. This thought always brings me to anger. The nobles were just partying away while we peasants were dying. I had to end the absolute monarchy. Back to the situation, I thoroughly observed each, and every representative, watching their expressions and how the

“They walked and talked of the strange light on the sea… talked of how sultry it was after a hot day” and discussed employment and birthplaces (897). After departing from Yalta, Chekhov details Gurov’s dreary life of “children [having] breakfast and getting ready for school… entertaining distinguished lawyers... walking his daughter to school” (901, 905).

Were it a testimony to the rigors and cruelness of human nature, it would be crushing. As it is, it shatters our perception of man and ourselves as no other book, besides perhaps Anne Franke`s diary and the testimony of Elie Wiesl, could ever have done. The prisoners of the labor camp, as in Shukhov?s predicament, were required to behave as Soviets or face severe punishment. In an almost satirical tone Buinovsky exclaims to the squadron that ?You?re not behaving like Soviet People,? and went on saying, ?You?re not behaving like communist.? (28) This type of internal monologue clearly persuades a tone of aggravation and sarcasm directly associated to the oppression?s of communism.

Reading # 8 Pages 137-154 Reading Log Strategy: Analyze a character Poleshuk 5 The author, Fraser, introduces the character of the Russian nobleman, Pencherjevsky, for the purpose of further illustrating the cruelty towards the serfs and to assist the plot development for Flashman. Flashman goes into detail about how Pencherjevsky considered himself to be a kind master for although he beats and sends his closest servants to Siberia for minor infractions: “ ‘I never touch a serf-women’ ” (140). The cruelty towards the serfs directly led to the russian revolution. Pencherjevsky speaks of Karl Marx as, “ ‘Vomiting his venom over Europe’ ” (141).

Darkness at Noon, by Arthur Koestler, dives into what it would be like to be a political prisoner in Russia during Stalin’s time in power. The story is divided into four parts: First Hearing, Second Hearing, Third Hearing, and Grammatical Fiction. The subject of the book is given a look at by examining the story of Nicholas Rubashov, an older revolutionary and member of the Old Army, who is imprisoned and accused of crimes that he didn’t commit. To begin the First Hearing, Rubashov is arrested and put in solitary.

Dmitri Dmitritch Gustov, as characterized by Anton Chekhov in his short story, “The Lady with the Dog”, has had his share of bad relationship experiences. Married at a young age, this man has formed a very negative opinion of women, or as he refers to them, “the lower race”. He has an unconscious realization throughout the story that alters his view of women, or at least one woman in particular. By remaining unfaithful to his wife and rejecting his life in Moscow, Dmitri Gustov is able to find what may be true love.

Besides the characters Luzhim, Svidrigailov, Alonya and Litzaveta, and the police officers, everyone in the story are pretty much poor. Through Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky writes about the living conditions of the poor and how individuals have the right to rebellion. Fyodor Dostoevsky does this through the use of distinct dialogue, symbolism, and through making the audience sympathizes with the characters. Dostoevsky writes about the slums of St. Petersburg, which was still in ruins after the new tsars take over and the Napoleonic Wars. In 1801, Alexander 1 became the first Russian Tsar after the assassination of Emperor Paul.

The stories of Anton Chekhov mark a focal moment in European fiction. This is the point where 19th realist caucus of the short stories started their transformation into modern form. As such, his work straddles two traditions. The first is that of the anti-romantic realism which has a sharp observation of external social detail. It has human behavior conveyed within tight plot. The second is the modern psychological realism in which the action in typically internal and expressed in associative narrative that is built on epiphanic moments. In consideration of the two sides, Chekhov developed powerful personal styles that presage modernism without losing traditional frills of the form. This essay will discuss the Chekhov's portrayal of women.

Comparing The Poor Relations Story by Charles Dickens, Twenty Six Men and a Girl by Maxim Gorky and The Unexpected by Kate Chopin

Turgenev’s story ‘’Mumu’’ was one about the days of serfdom, garasim who was a deaf servant, served his master, and later on discovered a puppy who he loved so much, he then took care of the puppy and nurtured it but his master was not ok with having the puppy around, with everything that was done in other to keep the puppy away from garasim, the puppy still made its way back to him. At the end, the master ordered that the puppy be killed because of its disturbance and garasim volunteered to kill the puppy himself, which he

The use of connotative words in this piece is the foundation of this poem and it provides an idea of what this poem is going to be about. In the first stanza he describes the woman as “lovely in her bones,” showing that her beauty is more than skin deep comparing her virtues to a goddess of “only gods should speak.” In the second stanza, the reader can see and feel the love between the two people. The woman taught him how to "Turn, and Counter-turn, and Stand," showing that she was the teacher in the relationship and taught him things he thought he never needed to know. The speaker shows how when they are together, she was “the sickle” and he was “the rake” showing that this woman taught him what love is.

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was born a year before the emancipation of serfism in Russia took place. Although he was the grandson of a serf, Chekhov was able to attend the medical school at the University of Moscow and become a physician. Chekhov started writing in order to support his family economically, becoming a master in drama and short stories. His literature is characterized by the use of colloquial language which could be understood even by the less educated and recently liberated serfs. Social change is the main theme in ‘The Cherry Orchard’, a four-act play written in 1904. In this play the different characters portray how changes in Russia after the emancipation of 1861 were taking place and although the play is set several