The student, by Anton Chekhov (1894)

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 The Student, by Anton Chekhov (1894)


Rating : 6.5/10


I think there are no <Call to Adventure>, the 2nd stage of hero's journey, in "The Student." First, I don't think Ivan Velikopolsky is a hero. Maybe, while returning home, encountering two widows might be the <Call to Adventure> because that's the beginning of his contemplation about bible. However, since Ivan is a devout man who skip meals in the Good Friday, I think he meditated on Jesus often, so it is not really a start of adventure. Also, I don't think the muse in "The Student" is really a adventure. 

To say frankly, the story was so hard for me to empathize. I don't believe in Jesus, and I'm not familiar with bible either, so it was hard for me to assimilate Ivan's profound muse. Though, I like Chekhov's expressions of emotion. Despite the fact that I couldn't understand every religious reference, Chekhov's expressions like "life seemed to him enchanting, marvellous, and full of lofty meaning" made me think of feelings what Ivan experience how he was refreshed. 

I graded "The Student" low because the details about bible wasn't my taste: hard to empathize. 

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