Anton Chekhov Russian ID: 930616
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The Bet (Short story)
Anton Chekhov Russian 1889
Slide2Guests at the party
They agreed to a bet: if the lawyer could spend fifteen years in total isolation, the banker would pay him two million rubles
Slide3A BANKER Guests at the party that he was hosting that day fell into a discussion of capital punishment
the banker would pay him two million rubles
Slide4They agreed to a bet: if the lawyer could spend fifteen years in total isolation
Slide5Capital punishment; the banker viewed it as more humane than life imprisonmentImprisonment
Capital punishment
Slide6solitary
confinementThe banker wagers that the lawyer cannot remain in solitary confinement voluntarily for a period of fifteen years.
Slide7The lawyer would have no direct contact with any other person, but could write notes to communicate with the outside world and receive whatever comforts he desired.
Slide8Begins to read and study in a wide range of subjects
Slide9As he takes advantage of the solitude to educate and amuse himself in various ways over the years
Slide10After Ending solitary confinement lawyer will purchase a bungalow ,Will marry ,live life in pleasure.
Slide11But lawyer ran away abandon the bet
When the banker wakes up later that morning, a watchman reports that the lawyer has climbed out the window and fled the property, forfeiting the bet.A note written by the latter reveals that he has chosen to abandon the bet, having learned that material goods are fleeting and that divine salvation is worth more than money.