GOOSEBERRIES

I think Chekhov was not successful trying to achieve his point in the story. I have read the story four times, and still I am confused, however, still I will try my best to comprehend Chekov's view. I felt he is trying to make an appeal to human indifference and the act of doing good. He mentions this while he tells the story of his brother, and when he talks to Pavel “Don’t you fall into apathy, don’t you let your conscience be lulled to sleep! While you are still young, strong, active, do not be weary of well-doing. There is no such thing as happiness, nor ought there to be, but if there is any sense or purpose in life, this sense and purpose are to be found not in our own h

Gooseberries shows us how there are people that have dreams and goals that they want to pursue in order to live happy for the rest of their lives. Sometimes the outcome of your goal is not what you expected and it becomes a twisted outcome. When faced with money people should think of others happiness, and others way of living. People should do good, we are all brothers and sisters in this world and we should face the cruelty of life, we should help others achieve happiness, and find a purpose in life. We are forced to question ourselves if life is something to be sailed through without the expectation of encountering problems or setbacks, or whether it provides us with an opportunity to grasp "something greater and more rational" than happiness, for example Nature.

He sets nature as the backdrop of the story, and also the symbol. I felt that the imagery was trying to explain the story. I believe that the symbolism of water was represented as nature in a religious concept. Water was mentioned many times throughout the story, but I would like to emphasize specifically in the bathing scene. Where Ivan is bathing in the river and he seems so happy, I believe that water represents renewal or like a kind of baptism. I think that Ivan in a way felt like a new person. I wouldn’t be able to fully explain this, because how I mentioned before this story was very complicated, however I believe that Chekhov was also trying

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