A DEFENSELESS CREATURE- ANTON CHEKHOV

Type of literature and story elements 

The short story of Anton Chekhov talks about one woman which her husband Shtchukin, a collegiate assessor was ill during five months and she was going to a bank to ask for his salary. But she never realized a bank was the wrong place to ask it.

This story takes place in the bank office of Kistunovin in which the whole story is developed.

The problem in which all story developed was the salary of Mister Shtchukin but we can also say that the attitude and insistence was the biggest part of the problem and as a consequence the health of Kistunovin was affected.

The solution of that problematic in the story was finally gave to Madame Sktchunkin part of the money she was asking for… But was it a real solution?

I do not think that, because she goes again the next day for the same think and that will make the story repeat again.

The main characters in the story are:

•  Madame Shtchukin  the woman that wants people  see her as a victim, saying all the time she was weak, ill and that none understood her situation.
• Kistunovin,The one that always has direct communication with Madame Shtchukin, he always tried to explain Madame Shtchukin that he can not do anything to solve her problem.
• Shtchukin  who never was directly in the story, but all things that happened there happened  because of him.

Finally we can  conclude this story is part of the second type of literature because  the literature of Anton Chekhov are mainly tales in which he narrated  situations with concise and precise details and by mean of this the reader has a big mental image of all things in the story.

He was also recognized by his books, and his literary works are all in the second type.

Bibliography:

1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0qq0h4xN34&feature=youtu.be 
2. http://images.slideplayer.com/5/1491129/slides/slide_9.jpg
3. americanliterature.com/author/anton-chekhov/short-story/a-defenseless-creature

  -Angie Garay.