"The Lady with the Dog"

"The Lady with the Dog", by Anton Chekhov; a short story I found to be eye-opening and touching. The beginning of the story of the story turned me away. A misogynistic, cheating man who only saw women as someone he can use until he gets bored is not exactly someone I wanted to read about. However, as the story went on, I began to see a different side of Gurov. It seemed as though they moment he laid eyes on Anna Sergeyevna, he knew he wanted to be with her, but in a different way than he had previously with other women. Anna Sergeyevna, a married woman, enjoyed the attention Gurov gave her. One thing led to another and the two of the spent a significant amount of rime together, and eventually kissed. The moment this happened Anna was full of regret but couldn't stay away, until her husband called her back to home when he grew sick. As time went on, the two of them longed to see one another and went years without communication until Gurov set off to find her. The two of them reconnected and went extremely far to spend time with each other while keeping the secrecy of the relationship. As time went on, they grew extremely sad and angry with the difficulty of being with the person they love, and knew something had to change, but it was going to take time. This story was very touching to me, as I had been through something like this myself, but of course not to such extremes. Although I am young, I have met someone I could not stay away from, despite the circumstances. Him and I had always thought about one another, but there was a circumstance that caused the two of us to sneak around, and keep everything we had done together a secret. This became very frustrating because all I wanted to do was show off the person I loved and be able to go in public with him. It reached a point where I almost gave up, as our love seemed pointless to me. Why be with someone if no one can know? As time went on, I realized what others thought did not matter, and as long as I know I am happy, I am okay. Words cannot express how happy I am for not giving up on us. We are now finally able to show our love to the public, and it is a wonderful feeling I  never thought I would understand until now.

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