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...
What is the historical significance of Rowlandson’s The Narrative Of the Capacity and Restoration of Mrs.Mary Rowlandson
Idk what your poem is about