Anton Chekhov wrote the short story A Problem. The story is about a young man who takes a loan illegally and gets caught, leaving his uncles to decide his future for him. In the story, Anton illustrates 4 characters, which personalities vary greatly. He decided to use both methods of characterization to portrait them to us, direct and indirect characterization. Chekhov does a really got job at it, so we’ll discuss how he displayed each one of the characters.
The first character we’ll discuss, and also the most complex, is Sasha Uskov. Anton presents this character as a normal young adult, which has committed a crime. The author tells, in direct characterization, how Sasha is, and he is described as a troubled man since he didn’t have a paternal …show more content…
Through direct characterization that he wants to help Sasha, and he also tells the readers why. He says that they should forgive him because he was expelled from school, his parents died at an early age, leaving him without good guidance in his life. At the end of the story, through indirect characterization, Ivan proves his words because he is the one to deliver the news of pardoning him of the debt and Ivan also wants to help him get a job. This uncle also proves his kind heart when giving Sasha the extra 100 rubles while being astonished, since a cold-hearted person would have immediately denied his …show more content…
One of the uncles was a colonel and the other one was an official in the Treasury. The uncle of the Treasury was only described in a direct matter, because he barely takes part of the argument at all. Anton says that he is “ taciturn, dull-witted, and rheumatic man” which sat silently or only spoke about the fact that the Uskov’s name will end up on the newspapers. The other uncle, the colonel, was described in a direct and indirect manner. Directly, he is described as being tired and irritated by this irresponsibility. While indirectly, he doesn’t want to help Sasha and doesn’t care so much about the family name. He himself also disbeliefs that Sasha is any good, and suspects that he is a criminal, and that is why he says: “Suppose we were to forgive him and pay the money. You know he wont give up living a dissipated life, squandering money, making debts, going to our tailors and ordering suits in our names!” This uncle doesn’t show to be very forgiving nor loving towards Sasha, or maybe he just doesn’t care at all for the family’s
The first character we’ll discuss, and also the most complex, is Sasha Uskov. Anton presents this character as a normal young adult, which has committed a crime. The author tells, in direct characterization, how Sasha is, and he is described as a troubled man since he didn’t have a paternal …show more content…
Through direct characterization that he wants to help Sasha, and he also tells the readers why. He says that they should forgive him because he was expelled from school, his parents died at an early age, leaving him without good guidance in his life. At the end of the story, through indirect characterization, Ivan proves his words because he is the one to deliver the news of pardoning him of the debt and Ivan also wants to help him get a job. This uncle also proves his kind heart when giving Sasha the extra 100 rubles while being astonished, since a cold-hearted person would have immediately denied his …show more content…
One of the uncles was a colonel and the other one was an official in the Treasury. The uncle of the Treasury was only described in a direct matter, because he barely takes part of the argument at all. Anton says that he is “ taciturn, dull-witted, and rheumatic man” which sat silently or only spoke about the fact that the Uskov’s name will end up on the newspapers. The other uncle, the colonel, was described in a direct and indirect manner. Directly, he is described as being tired and irritated by this irresponsibility. While indirectly, he doesn’t want to help Sasha and doesn’t care so much about the family name. He himself also disbeliefs that Sasha is any good, and suspects that he is a criminal, and that is why he says: “Suppose we were to forgive him and pay the money. You know he wont give up living a dissipated life, squandering money, making debts, going to our tailors and ordering suits in our names!” This uncle doesn’t show to be very forgiving nor loving towards Sasha, or maybe he just doesn’t care at all for the family’s