Head Gardners Story
The Head Gardner’s Story Anton Chekhov This story begins with people gathering for a flower sale. The neighbors are talking amongst themselves about justice and criminals when the head gardener, who is listening to their conversations, decides to tell them a story. His grandmother had told him the story a very long time ago. It is a story about a man named Thomson who is a doctor in the town. ... This story was written in 1894. I found many issues in this very short story. ... Throughout the whole story, references to God are made. ... Then at the end of the story when the judge doesn’t sentence the man to death he says, “No! ... The narrator’s grandmother, who originally told him the story, used to say, “…for such faith in humanity God forgave the sins of all the inhabitants of that town. ... This is important to the story because this was leading up to the time the story was written. ... The people in this story had very little to look forward to as the government was taking more and more away from them. ... “Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, considered the father of the modern short story and of the modern play, was born, the third of six children, in the Russian seaport town of Taganrog, near the Black Sea. ... This was perhaps the biggest influence in this story. ... In The Head Gardner’s Story, the main character of the story is the doctor who was killed. ... ” This was very evident in this story. ... The first writing element of the story I noticed was how well the narrator is being described. ... This story was very brief and to the point. There was nothing hidden about the events of the story. ... It is hard for me to tie the writing elements to the time period because his story was written in Russian and I am not sure if it lost anything in translation. ... In conclusion, I thought I would have a hard time with this story because it was from a Russian writer in the 1800’s. ... Many people regard him as the father of the modern short story which is truly evident from his writings.