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 Anton Chekov

 The Bet is a story my class has been reading in Language Arts. It is a story that has to do with power and relationship. Here is a little about the story. 

The story: In the story a lawyer and a banker are talking about capital punishment. The lawyer said that both execution and prison are even but he would choose prison. The banker disagreed and thought execution was better. He thought being in prison would be wasting your life away but the lawyer thought if you were executed you wouldn’t get to live. The banker said he bet 2 000 000.00 rubles that he couldn’t stay in prison for 5 years but then the lawyer said he would stay in prison for 15 years.His prison was a wing of the banker’s house and the doors were unlocked so he could leave at anytime. He read to pass his time away then he started to write. On the night before release the banker went to check on the lawyer since 15 years. He was going to kill him because he was broke and didn’t want to give him money but then he discovered a note and the lawyer escaped 5 minuets early so he didn’t get the money. 

Power and Relationships: Power is shown in relationships between people for example if you decide to go out and your mom or dad gives you a curfew then you have to be home at time or else you’ll get in trouble because they have power over you. This is a healthy and good kind of power. Power can change relationships for the better or for the worst. If you are abused or yelled at then your relationship will fall apart but if you have good healthy controlling power then relationships will grow stronger. You want good and healthy power because you need relationships in your life to influence you or to guide you through life. Power can change you because it could make your life safer and better or it could hurt you in a physical or unhealthy way.  

This story shows power and relationships because the banker and the lawyer had a bad relationship and the banker had control over what the lawyer could do or eat for fifteen years of his life which is a lot of time. It was also the lawyer’s choice to stay in the wing because the door was unlocked and he could leave at anytime if he wanted to

On Wedsnesday Sept.26 our jr.girls volleyball team which I am on competed in a game against Cranberry Portage. It was our first game of the season. We didn;t do the best job but we tried our hardest and thats what counts. We lost all three of our games with a score of 25-10, 25-9 and 25-6. At the end our team mixed with Cranberry’s team and we played against the new teams. These games had a much closer score. We have been improving since that game and are goin to their school on October 3. We will play another few games and hopefully play better and have closer scores. We get to leave at lunchtime then. It is going to be fun!

Bye for now. Keep you uptaded soon!