When people make bets, especially if they are upset or mad, they often do not think about the consequences and they can risk their lives and end up losing everything. People shouldn’t just make random bets because this doesn’t do any good to them. In matter of fact, this can actually hurt them if the bet goes too far. On a cold dark autumn night, a banker and a young lawyer made a bet with each other about whether the death penalty is better or worse than life in prison. In the story The Bet, by Anton Chekhov, the banker and the lawyer made a bet because both wanted to prove a point: which is worse, solitary confinement or capital punishment? This reckless bet shows that the lawyer and the banker are doing nothing with their life and just playing
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The banker and the lawyer were talking about which punishment is better at the autumn evening part at the old banker’s house. The banker and lawyer both disagreed and had different perspectives on the situation. Both perspectives lead to risking their own lives:“The death penalty is more moral. Capital punishment kills a man once” (Chekhov,1). This shows that the banker started the conversation about how capital punishment shouldn’t be allowed. While, the banker says capital punishment is more moral, lawyer says death penalty and imprisonment in life is both immoral. Both of the characters had different point of views about this. The banker gives reasoning on why he thinks capital punishment is more sophisticated than solitary confinement. While the lawyer doesn’t agree with the banker and gave his reasons, then both argued that their own opinion in stronger. According to Chekhov in The Bet, he states,“Capital punishment kills a man at once, but lifelong imprisonment kills him slowly” (Chekhov,1). This quote proves that even though the banker thinks killing themselves are bad, but dying slowly is better than dying at once. On the other hand, if people just die easily without any reason, then it’s like saying parents gave life to children to live and now saying there is no point, it’s useless being on earth. Both types of deaths ruins the person’s life and reputation, so make sure not to do unnecessary
The banker and the lawyer were talking about which punishment is better at the autumn evening part at the old banker’s house. The banker and lawyer both disagreed and had different perspectives on the situation. Both perspectives lead to risking their own lives:“The death penalty is more moral. Capital punishment kills a man once” (Chekhov,1). This shows that the banker started the conversation about how capital punishment shouldn’t be allowed. While, the banker says capital punishment is more moral, lawyer says death penalty and imprisonment in life is both immoral. Both of the characters had different point of views about this. The banker gives reasoning on why he thinks capital punishment is more sophisticated than solitary confinement. While the lawyer doesn’t agree with the banker and gave his reasons, then both argued that their own opinion in stronger. According to Chekhov in The Bet, he states,“Capital punishment kills a man at once, but lifelong imprisonment kills him slowly” (Chekhov,1). This quote proves that even though the banker thinks killing themselves are bad, but dying slowly is better than dying at once. On the other hand, if people just die easily without any reason, then it’s like saying parents gave life to children to live and now saying there is no point, it’s useless being on earth. Both types of deaths ruins the person’s life and reputation, so make sure not to do unnecessary