Gooseberries-By Anton Checkhov
Gooseberries-By
Anton Checkhov(1898)
Rating:6/10
After reading this, the first thing that came
to mind was about Ivan and Nikolai. First of all, thinking about Nikolai,
Nikolai married his rich wife for money, and eventually succeeded in buying
land and planting gooseberries in the countryside. However, Ivan thinks he is
deceiving himself that he is arrogant and happy. However, from Nicolai's point
of view, he achieved ownership of private land in the countryside like his
childhood dream and was satisfied with eating gooseberries planted himself. In
this regard, it is questionable whether it is right to say that this is
Nikolai's delusion and pretending to be happy. Subsequently, if you think about
Ivan, Ivan says he is disappointed with Nicolai, who has such a dream, but says
he is happier when he lives in the country than in the city which is quite
contradictory. In addition, other people, including Aliokhin, are told to do
good deeds and live, but Ivan, who says this, seems less convincing. He seems
to be pursuing only words without practice, saying that young people should be
for everyone rather than individual satisfaction. Personally, I wanted Ivan to
make a clear argument, but it was rather ambiguous, so I rated 6.(200 words)
Really good. I like that you take aim at Ivan and bring up his not-so-apparent contradictions. He has more than a few. Swimming like a child and then claiming he has no faith in happiness... telling others to do good because he is too old? Happiness is ultimately "selfish" perhaps, and often does come at the cost of someone else's labor and hardship. But when doesn't it? Swimmin in a pond seems innocent enough compared to eating gooseberries that a woman starved for (if we are to believe Ivan's account). In the end - it's all just words. Good journal!
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