![]() ![]() ![]() His use of flashbacks make the story more suspenseful by essential background information to the reader and since the flashback is presented in the opening paragraph, the reader perceives that this will be an integral part of the story. If the story was to start on the night of the banker’s party, the story would primarily lose suspense as well as a flourishing introduction to the rest of the story. I think Chekov chose to explain the origin of the bet in a form of a flashback rather than beginning from the night of the banker’s party because not only does it creates suspense, but also it informs the reader that the story is going back into the past. Therefore, the banker’s anxiety is clearly conveyed in the first paragraph as he is visualizing a controversial issue from the party he gave in autumn fifteen years ago. The banker considers capital punishment as more humane compared to that of life-incarceration because he believes that execution kills instantly, whereas life-imprisonment will haunt one until their demise arrives. Anton Chekov conveys the banker’s feeling of anxiety in the opening paragraph while the author presents the issue upon the consent of capital punishment. ![]()
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