Chapter 60 Chekhov's "The Bet"

Chekhov's There is a short story by Chekhov that I can't forget after reading it for decades. This novel is called . This is a very clever and profound story: There was a banker who made a bet that the man would be locked up in a room and live alone for fifteen years without leaving his house. Don't meet anyone, don't talk to anyone.If he can do it, he will lose after the fifteen-year period expires. Give him two million yuan.But it must be fulfilled for fifteen years before it counts, and the loss of one day or one hour does not count. The man accepted, and the two parties made a contract, in a specially built small house in the banker's garden.

In the room, I closed my eyes in seclusion.A small window was set up in the room for the delivery of three meals a day and other supplies. Necessary supplies for life.Although this person is locked in, he is not allowed to talk to others, but if he needs anything, You can write a note and put it in the window, and those who serve him will do it for him. At the same time, the doors and windows were not locked, and he could come out whenever he wanted.Naturally, as soon as he left the room, Even if you lose. After this person lived inside, he was able to abide by all the conditions, never went out, and never had any relationship with anyone.

He just asks for books with notes, and hides in it all day long to read and amuse himself. In this way, ten years have passed, and this person has never violated the rules once.nothing has changed change.The only change is that he asked for more and more books, and the types of books gradually changed. change.At first, all he wanted were detective entertainment and other recreational books. Gradually, he read literary works, From modern to classical, gradually from novel prose to drama poetry, and later read biographies and autographs Natural science, the next thing I want is dry theoretical books such as mathematical logic.After living there for ten years, he claimed

The books I picked up gradually tended to be empty and out of the world, and they were all philosophical books and religious books. Time flies, and I don't realize that fifteen years will be over. This person always abides by the rules agreed by both parties. He has never committed a foul, and it seems that he will be able to endure the agreed fifteen years, win this bet, and obtain The banker promised two million dollars. Although two million yuan is a huge amount.But the banker had plenty of money and didn't care.Nachi At the end of the fifteen-year period, due to sudden financial fluctuations in the market, his business collapsed,

Seeing that the agreed two million yuan could no longer be paid by the due date.The banker was anxious for several days.All of a sudden, I broke my heart, Decided to kill that person secretly so that he would not have to pay. On the eve of the expiry of fifteen years, the banker sneaked into the small room in the dark to commit murder.send There is no one in the house anymore, but there is a note in the window, which is left by this person, saying that after fifteen years Thinking alone and reading thousands of volumes, he has realized the true meaning and avenue of life.for not wanting to get that useless

He decided to escape through the window at the moment before the expiration of the fifteen-year period, so as to destroy the agreement. Certainly. In this way, Chekhov made a profound mockery of life and money.