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It's stories like these that help me justify switching my major from Accounting to English and becoming a teacher. I sort of wish that the third part of this story wasn't lost, but in a way I'm kind of glad that it is missing because I like the way it ended with part 2. Chekhov often likes to end his stories on a downer, so maybe it's better we only have 2 surviving parts to this story.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

It's like my mind says it needs to stay lost, but my heart wants it to exist.

Man, I love listening to you guys talk about these classics. I actually hadn't heard of this story, most of my experience with Chekov being his plays, but this one sounds really great and classic Chekov with another, to me, unsatisfying ending! I always leave Chekov feeling down.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha. We just recorded another Chekhov talk and we called him "Cliff Chekhovhanger" with how he leaves things so open :D

loved thisss, thankyou i had been looking for these as a last minute revision

I taught both The Bet and Landlady in my English Classroom last year... I'M BEYOND EXCITED... at this! Thank you guys!

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like your class has some hip selections! Nice.

Just in time for my english class discussion. Thank you.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

The 2 Million to 15 years comparison is something we see in Real life as well. Successful Billionaires are mostly old. And most of them say that they are ready to give it up for returning to their Youth.

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Kind of reminds me a bit of a certain recent Netflix show that I don't want to mention by name in case one hasn't seen it...

Your analysis is on the point , really love your both discussing over these short stories, my exams are coming up and your analysis and on point discussion really serves the purpose in understanding this short story by chekhov in detail and such precision ❤ Thanks you both of you 😊 .

Gentlemen, I truly enjoyed your analysis! I'm teaching my ninth graders this story next week and your analysis helped me to notice some points that I had missed. Many many thanks from my students and me! :-)

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

I hope your students enjoy the story! It’s a great one!

Why did I discover your channel just now? This is such a great content! I'm loving it

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

I found this video after I listened to a lecture by David McNally on history of money as he makes the argument that money historically has derived by human bondage and the fear of capital punishment. I remembered "The bet" as Checkov in his absolute genius is essentially making the same argument - that in our absurd world bondage and the loss of life can be valued as money. Slavery, serfdom, prison industrial complex can be calculated is some abstract IOU's.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, exactly. I can't remember which video we talked about it but money is a universal agreed upon conversion step. So instead of trading apples for bananas, we turn apples in money and the bananas into money and then exchange the money. It's like everything in our lives is somehow converted into the form of money as a universal indicator of value. It's so completely normal to us that looking at a life as that question can seem shocking to us and what value does one put on it.

Talk about the themes and lessons in the bet

This video really gave me a new insight to the story. Thank you guys!

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks so much

Okay! Wait wait wait! How long have I been missing the codex t shirts?!?!? They look great! I have not heard of this one!

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Hehe, thanks! We like them too. Krypto's wife bought them for us.

@DarkBetweenPages

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina that’s too cool! Very sweet of her.

I'm very close to graduating college. Its been a long, painful, drawn out process. The Bet is the perfect justification of a choice of freedom and sense of dignity in the face of what's expected of me.

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

Love it

@bostonodonohue

Жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina I'll add that I'm deciding to walk away and not finish, to maintain my sanity and sense of self worth.

Very worthy analysis, what i have to say is thank you guys, please keep it up, I'm an English language department student, i will be mentioning other stories or any other literature aspects for you guys to cover if you haven't done it yet before,, because I'm new, so much love ❤️❤️❤️

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

We'll do our best

I FEEL SO UNRESOLVED!!!! What happened in Part 3? What happened to them each? How did they live out the rest of their lives based off this bet?! Did the lawyer keep the secret?? I mean, 15 years - no way people weren't going to ask the outcome....UGH *pouts*

@DanicaDsouza

3 жыл бұрын

I'm quite curious too

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Right? We need the second season!

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

He was the kind of unresolved stories

This actually makes me enjoy literature class... Thank you

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Thank so much

I want to know why the banker did not let anyone see the note left by the lawyer at the end of the story.......

It helps me alooot in my presentation These analysis are amazing thx alot ❤️☺️

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Best of luck!

@rahafmoh924

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCodeXCantina thanks for your kindness 💜

I've dived in this video 'coz I'm doin this story for elocution......thanks for this video made the story an easy one 🥰

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Great 👍

I enjoyed watching this talk. I'd give u 9 for this.

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

If the note was to free the Banker from his obligations to the Lawyer, why would the Banker lock it away in a safe? Alas! The Banker is the gatekeeper to the hellish existance pronounced in the lawyers letter.

Loved it❤️❤️

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

🙏

I have heard of this one always been very interesting to me what capital punishment that argument.

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

It's definitely a well-loved classic.

I’m currently doing homework about this short story and genuinely regret it. I didn’t know that it’s going to be this deep… I need to submit the homework in 5 hours and I also have to translate to Russian language… (yep it’s for Russian language class) I’m so done Chekhov is gone crazy bro wtf this is way worse than death penalty and life in prison 😢

@TheCodeXCantina

Жыл бұрын

Best of luck!

what is the main theme ò this story?

Well this was nice

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

If he regretted losing all his time locked up...he would most certainly have taking the money...AND..BEING SO well read!!he would have left the letter KNOWING!! that the banker would kill him..

@stephenkenny7661

Жыл бұрын

It's about a man who refused the money purposely AS A SELFISH ACT! HE DIDNT TRUST HIMSRLF TO "STAY TRUE" if he were to get it! He knew that the money would have corrupted his morals and ethics and virtue..he had suffered so long already...that his freedom alone was a GIFT!!! if he took the money.... he knew that the chances of being inveloped by the bondage of the self would be 100 percent.

good evening

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

👋

He read the books throughout his imprisonment and admired that he is wisdom of all but at the same time he despised that wisdom. What does that mean..?

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

We took it as knowledge vs experience experience. So I suspect we may wonder what good is knowledge without experience?

The Banker was focused on External things because he lived in external world. The Lawyer lived like a Monk. That's the only way to escape the materialistic desires. However, both of them ended up unhappy. In words of Kafka, *I then realised Nothing truly will ever satisfy me.*

@TheCodeXCantina

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

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who had the better life? The lawyer or banker?

@TheCodeXCantina

3 жыл бұрын

I think that might be one of the points. Based on which one you pick will suggest what’s more important to you and what you value

@user-ln1fu3ec9j

3 жыл бұрын

What it's meaning of word(priori