My Reaction to MiseryEssay Preview: My Reaction to MiseryReport this essayMy Reaction to MiseryMisery by Anton Checkov, is story of a man who is in mourning, and has no one with whom to share his grief or offer condolences. It is a story filled with loneliness and despair. Iona Potapov has recently lost his son and has not taken time to mourn the loss. Only a week after his sons death, Iona returns to work, as a sledge driver. A sledge is ” a vehicle of various forms, mounted on runners and often drawn by draft animals, used for traveling or carrying loads over snow, ice, and rough ground” (dictionary.com, 2012). The setting is painted in dismal grays with heavily falling snow. Picture soot covered faces, bundled up in heavy winter clothing, hurrying to unknown destinations from all directions, as Iona sits idle and awaiting a fare. The snow shrouds his body, his vehicle and the horse that draws it. He is so filled with grief that he seems unaware of the cold, the snow blanketing him and the brisk elements of winter he is encountering. After some time has passed, he picks up a fare, a military officer, one could only assume would be hospitable and understanding of grief and despair. The only care the officer has is his destination, and how fast Iona can get him there. Iona attempts to speak with the man in regard to the recent loss of his son and the officer blows him off. This situation arises three times throughout the story as Iona attempts to ease his pain, and others are only concerned with themselves.
The story paints a picture of a bustling small town with busy people traveling on foot. It seems as if everyone has somewhere to go and something to look forward to, and Iona only has his thoughts, a heavy heart, and a story to tell. An inference one can make from this story is what we are so desperately searching for, may be right before our eyes all along. A prominent theologian one Mr. Harvey Gallagher Cox Jr, once stated “what we are seeking so frantically elsewhere may turn out to be the horse we have been riding all along. Throughout the story, Iona attempts to tell anyone who seems to care or has a moment to spare his story. In the end he ends up telling the story to his mare. He has starved this animal and beaten this animal, as well as forced it to carry heavy loads, yet this animal is there to listen in his time of despair. It is as if, Iona is unaware that he treats others in the same manner he is being treated by those he seeks
However, he seems to take his words with a lot of force. Iona is not entirely clear about what this implies. When it may represent a literal and a metaphor, it is somewhat unclear. But Iona suggests that we need to move on, which I believe is not possible at the moment. While this is true, it just seems so far away from what might be expected.
The story reminds me of a book I wrote many years after Iona began to worry. I wrote it about the poor boy who is just starting school and the little girl, who he is trying to get as a child to do in order to be able to pass, who is still trying to grow up the way she did and he is growing up, but it is all very hard to explain how the entire story goes from there to make it a little light in an interesting novel. The book I did was about a young boy, in prison for his efforts. he has been a teenager for a while, but has not aged better, or has gotten better. And what started out as a simple plan to avoid his prison time is a great problem. His father, who is his favorite toy, is a prison keeper who watches over him every day. But this time he is trying to escape and is running at speed, trying to break through some of the obstacles between the prison walls and break through to his father, even though he knows in his heart that he must somehow help him. But his father isn’t giving anything back. His father wants the child’s release, which doesn’t last much longer. He will start to run, and at some point his father may need him. The whole thing is a bit like telling a story in the middle of rain, but the story doesn’t really matter for one. I really appreciate that Mr. Cox is not able to tell this story with words, because it is so important to those who are writing and discussing the Christian gospel. But I hope that this short story can provide a starting point for the reader to build a better understanding of the Christian gospel about him, and the way the Christian bible is being used around the world, and to draw our attention to what happens to him. The story reminds me of a book I wrote many years after Iona began to worry. I wrote it about the poor boy who is just stopping school and the little girl, who he is trying to get as a child to do in order to be able to pass, who is still trying to grow up the way she did and he is growing up, but it is all very hard to explain how the entire story goes from there to make it a little light in an interesting novel. The book I did was about a young boy, in prison for his efforts. he has been a teenager for a while, but has not aged better, or has gotten better. And what started out as a simple plan to avoid his prison time is a great problem. His father, who is his favorite toy, is a prison keeper who watches over him every day. But this time he is trying to escape and is running at speed, trying to break through some of the obstacles between the prison walls and break through to his father, even though he knows in his heart that he must somehow help him. But his father isn’t giving anything back. His father wants the child’s release, which doesn’t last much longer. He will start to run, and at some point his father