This document contains definitions of words like frivolous, caprice, and emaciate. It provides biographical information on Russian writer Anton Chekhov and summarizes his short story "The Bet". The summary explains that the story is about a 25-year-old lawyer who accepts a bet from a banker that he can spend 15 years in solitary confinement for 2 million rubles. It describes the main characters as the arrogant young lawyer and a spoiled, nervous banker addicted to gambling. The setting is a lodge in Russia in November 1885.
6. PLUCK
TO PULL SOMETHING QUICKLY TO REMOVE IT
TO REMOVE SOME OR ALL OF THE HAIR OR
FEATHERS FROM SOMETHING
TO TAKE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING AWAY
FROM A PLACE OR SITUATION SUDDENLY OR
BY FORCE
7. EMACIATE
TO WASTE AWAY PHYSICALLY
TO BECOME VERY THIN AND
UNHEALTHY
TO WEAKEN ONE’S BODY
8. ANTON CHEKHOV
RUSSIAN PLAYWRIGHT AND A
SHORT STORY WRITER,
BORN JANUARY 29, 1860 DIED
JULY 15, 1904
GREATEST WRITER OF SHORT
STORY IN HISTORY
HE IS ALSO A
PHYSICIAN/DOCTOR
10. VALUES TO LEARN:
IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN’S LIFE
DON’T BE GREEDY
APPRECIATE SIMPLE AND SMALL
THINGS
BE GOD LOVING
AVOID SILLY BETS
11. CHARACTERS:
LAWYER – PROTAGONIST, AN 25 YEAR OLD
ARROGANT YOUNG MAN TO INTELLIGENT MAN,
WHO WANT TO WIN A 2 MILLION RUBLES
BANKER – ANTAGONIST, A SPOILED AND
PAMPERED MAN, VERY NERVOUS AND ARROGANT,
TOO INLOVE WITH MONEY OR WEALTH, ADDICTED
TO GAMBLING
WATCHMEN – GUARD IN THE LODGE WHERE THE
LAWYER STAYS
12. SETTINGS:
PLACE: RUSSIA – THE BANKER’S HOUSE,
BACKYARD LODGE
TIME: NOVEMBER 14, 1885
MOOD: TENSE, DESPERATE,SAD AND
AMUSING
