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    Misery

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    Misery‚ by Anton Chekhov‚ is a story about a cab driver who fails to find someone to tell his tragic story about the death of his son. The main character Lona start surrounded by cab drivers‚ yet no one cares to pay attention to his suffering and pain. His son had passed away recently and he is still mourning his death. He then runs into an officer who made a joke and encourages him to speak‚ by asking how the boy died. Lona tries to explain‚ yet the passenger wants to the driver to keep his

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    Misery Analysis

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    "Misery" by Anton Chekhov has a simple plot. The protagonist of this short story Iona Potapov‚ is a cab driver in St. Petersburg who is grieving his son’s recent death. Being a cab driver allows Iona to encounter many different people of various backgrounds‚ but he is unable to communicate his feelings. He desperately searches for the opportunity to talk about his grief‚ but nobody is interested in sharing the burden on misery. Each of his passengers rejects his attempts at conversation and depresses

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    Misery Loves Company

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    Misery loves company; unless it is the person you love. There is nothing like the guilt of causing harm to the one person who brings you the most joy and happiness the world has to offer. Love can conquer all things however; even things that are out of one’s control. But then that in itself can be an issue. Can it be possible to determine what is in our hands or apart of God’s plan? Maybe we blame too much on God and not enough on the actions of ourselves. Nevertheless‚ the misfortune of some of

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    'Misery' by Stephen King

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    Text Review – ’Misery’ by Stephen King Title: ’Misery’ Author: Stephen King Plot: Paul Sheldon is a famous writer who created the popular ’Misery’ series‚ and has just killed off the main character‚ Misery Chastain. He has just finished writing a new novel called ’Fast Cars’ and is heading to New York to get the manuscript printed when his car crashes in Colorado. He is pulled from the wreckage with both of his legs shattered by his number one fan‚ Annie Wilkes. She took him to her home

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    "Misery, " Anton Chekhov

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    Anton Chekhov’s “Misery”‚ a sledge driver‚ Iona Petapov‚ grief’s the loss of his son. Iona is not able to willing to listen to his misery as he long to express his anguish. Each person that Iona makes encounters with are preoccupied and did not care to hear his story. Iona ended up having to share his despair with his horse by because the ignorance of his fellow men had left him no choice. An Officer going to Vyborgskaya was the first passenger Iona picked up. Replying to an inquiry made by

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    �PAGE � �PAGE �4� In the short story "Misery" by Anton Chekhov‚ I identified the problem of loneliness‚ as the absence of reciprocal understanding. I feel the love that A. Chekhov expresses to the ordinary person like Iona Potapov. The author writes about little things that mean a lot. Deep thoughts are hiding under true life twists and turns. Chekhov tells us a story of the main character‚ penurious Iona Potapov. He‚ as a sledge driver‚ meets various types of people and spends most of his time

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    Misery is the River of the World The song “Misery is the River of the World” talks about how unkind mankind can be‚ how sad man is while he lives‚ and how unreasonably people claim being very knowledgeable about God. Consequently‚ this mind-opening song can be considered as a musical and sonic summation of short stories titled “The Lament‚” “The Suicide‚” and “The Three Hermits.” “The Lament” can be connected to this song through the lines “Like the thistles that are growing ’round the trunk

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    Misery is a most effective method of control; for when people are miserable they lack the resolve to rebel‚ since they will be weakened both mentally and physically. The Party is able to maintain control of the people by keeping them at a perpetual state of misery through an unfulfilling lifestyle‚ lack of psychological stimuli‚ and loss of individuality. The people of Oceania live in a cold‚ dark world full of dread and constraints. In such conditions‚ life can be but unfulfilling at best. The

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    The Happiness and Misery of Monsieur Lantin At the beginning of "The Jewels"‚ Lantin meets the woman of his dreams (and of every other man’s) and immediately falls in love with and marries her. Their lives go on in perfect harmony and happiness‚ and every day Lantin falls more deeply in love with his adorable wife. Lantin has only two complaints about the character of his wife: her love of the theater and her love of fake jewelry. Eventually Lantin stops going to the theater‚ and his wife goes

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    Chekhov Misery Analysis

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    ’’ How can parents encourage their children to become avid leaders?’’ According to expert’s point of view‚ personality features originate from childhood‚ and leadership qualities are not exceptions. Parents can play a special role in encouraging their children to become avid leaders by protecting‚ giving independence and freedom of expression to their children. First of all‚ parent’s all-out support from their children paves the way of flourishing talents which are requisites for an

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