Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The Lady with the Dog

Why is Dmitry so infuriated when the official says, "the sturgeon was just a leetle bit off?"

He was angry because he didn't have anyone to talk to about Anna, and the official didn't really care about what Dmitry was saying. Dmitry had a longing to just talk to anyone, to tell anyone about how he felt about Anna and get all this stuff off his chest and maybe gain some outside perspective of what to do. I don't suppose this was something men sat around talking about back then, feelings and such. But given the way Dmitry described the beauty in the things he saw, he obviously isn't a "man's man" who just wants to sit around and play cards, drink brandy, and smoke cigars; he has thoughts that go deeper and beyond those. I think that might have been another reason he longed for Anna so much, the fact that he could talk to her about those things.

Peace.

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