Wednesday, June 8, 2011
A Problem Summary
The very candid Sasha forged and IOU to the bank and didn't repay it in time. His uncles were fighting about whether he was reprehensible or not; he waited outside the room. Sasha waited there wearily and tranquilly. His uncle Ivan believe Sasha should get off with a warning and Ivan asserted this idea to the rest of the family. Ivan hoped that by not sending Sasha to jail it would be edifying to him. Sasha's other uncle seemingly thought of Sasha as paltry. In the end Sasha's other uncle (not Ivan) was indulgence [that doesn't sound right] and gave into Ivan by not letting the Sasha's matter go to trial.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
A Problem Questions
1. At the end of the story Ivan probably feels like a moron because he tried so hard to convince everyone to give Sasha and chance and then Sasha turns around and asks to borrow more money. The problem is that Sasha borrowed money and didn't repay it on time.
3. Sasha is a good guy of sorts. He doesn't feel guilty about what he does he just feels tired and empty. He's a criminal.
4. Ivan Markovitch doesn't understand Sasha very well. He feels bad because of the stuff Sasha had to deal with in his past, but Sasha's past is not an excuse for what he did.
5. At the end when Sasha says, "I see that I am a criminal" I think he's coming to realize that what he did was actually wrong even though he had planned on paying the money back once some one else had loaned him the money they were supposed to.
7. I think Sasha would have gone to Siberia and liked it.
8. Today, people go into debt because they feel the need to have the best of everything so they slide their shiny credit cards without thinking and then don't have enough money to pay for all the nice new stuff they bought.
3. Sasha is a good guy of sorts. He doesn't feel guilty about what he does he just feels tired and empty. He's a criminal.
4. Ivan Markovitch doesn't understand Sasha very well. He feels bad because of the stuff Sasha had to deal with in his past, but Sasha's past is not an excuse for what he did.
5. At the end when Sasha says, "I see that I am a criminal" I think he's coming to realize that what he did was actually wrong even though he had planned on paying the money back once some one else had loaned him the money they were supposed to.
7. I think Sasha would have gone to Siberia and liked it.
8. Today, people go into debt because they feel the need to have the best of everything so they slide their shiny credit cards without thinking and then don't have enough money to pay for all the nice new stuff they bought.
Monday, June 6, 2011
A Problem
A problem is a great title for this story because that's what it is, a problem; a problem to understand. I believe the story is about Sasha who forges an IOU note or something like that and one uncle things he should be charged and go to jail, while the other thinks he should be let off with a warning, but if he does it again he should go to jail. In the end Sasha's isn't sent to jail. I'm not sure if this is correct so I didn't want to add vocabulary just in case I was wrong, but I added the vocabulary to the bottom so you'd know I did look at it.
candid (adj.) - frank; blunt; straightforward
convention (n.) - a social custom
indulgence (n.) - a giving in to someone's wishes or desires
paltry (adj.) insignificant; almost worthless
inextricably (adv.) - in a way that one cannot get out of
reprehensible (adj.) - deserving of blame
dissipated (adj.) - participating excessively in sensual or foolish pleasures
tranquilly (adv.) - calmly; peacefully
edifying (adj.) - intended to improve morally; instructing
assert (v.) - to express forcefully and positively
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