Sep 15 2009
GOOOOOOOOOOSE!!!!!
“Gooseberries” by Anton Chekov is a short story about a main character telling a story. However, there is no purpose to the story bring told by the character, and it seems that it is brought up out of a whim. The main themes of the article are obsession and loneliness. Ivan’s brother, Nicholay, was never content with the life that he lead in the government. He always wanted more, and when he fulfilled his dream he feels like he is more superior than everyone else. Even though Nicholay carried out his dream, his brother sees him as a failure.
Another theme to the story is loneliness. Ivan flucatates between the feelings of happiness and sorrow, but he can never settle on just one single emotion. He views his brother as a failure because he is jealous of his success. The opening setting of the two men wandering through open fields adds to the theme of isolation, also. The character Pelagea makes Ivan seem even more lonely, too.
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