In Chekhov's "The Bet," the banker and the lawyer both learn the futility of their wager, as they have found that life and its conditions differ greatly from their more youthful perceptions. The lawyer learns that his sweeping statement that life on any terms is better than death...
One benefit is that the audience can connect more effectively with the author if they are tellinga story in first-person pov because the authir would have to use language that helps the audience feels and almost in a way experience what they went through or are describing.
D. With caution against ill use, science can give us great knowledge and progress.
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-The master stopped at the rusty iron door and pulled it open on rasping hinges.-We saw him disappear down the steps into the dark,<span>-Then we heard the awful, terrifying sound that haunted our sleep</span>