Critique Paper

'A Day in the Country' is a poignant short story on the wonders of nature and true friendship written by a
young woman. Chekhov draws the reader's attention to the bond of love that exists between three poor
people: a cobbler and two beggar children. Fyokla, Danilka, Uncle Terenty, and Silantysilitch are the
main characters in the story. Fyokla, a six-year-old beggar girl. The pale white-haired barefoot infant has
wide open eyes and trembling lips. Danilka, fyokla's younger brother, is an eight-year-old boy with ochre-
colored hair and a pale sickly face. Terenty, a tall elderly man with a thin, pack-macked face, very long
legs, and barefoot, clad in a ragged woman's jacket. Tverenty's bosom buddy, Silantysilitch, is the
sacristan. He is the path to take in order for fyokla to locate terenty. They share a true passion for nature,
aside from their poverty and friendship. Their love for nature was cultivated by the fact that they lived in
the country, and because they were all homeless, they spent most of their days outside without a decent
shelter. The cobbler tells Danilka and Fyokla, who are eight and six years old, about the wonders of
nature. He is their teacher, and the environment is their textbook.
A Day in the Country tells the story of two orphaned youngsters playing while a storm approaches their
town, causing the residents to seek shelter. Danilka, on the other hand, gets his hand hooked in a tree that
requires assistance. Fortunately, Danilka's sister Fyokla was able to rescue Danilka with the help of the
town's cobbler. The storm passes, and the three of them spend the remainder of the afternoon admiring the
beauty of the countryside. Danilka is awestruck by nature's magnificence. The novel revolves around the
themes of love for nature, friendship, poverty, and commune life in late-nineteenth-century Russia.
Fyokla is scared by the storm, but Danilka is not, as she is busy admiring nature in the midst of it. Terenty
may have been a little terrified of the storm because it was an out-of-season storm and he was intoxicated.
He assists Danilka in removing her hand from the lime tree's rent. Terenty is the Christ or God figure in
this illustration. The short story is reminiscent of the Genesis story in which God presents Adam and Eve
to his Garden of Eden. Similarly, during the storm, Terenty shows the two youngsters, particularly
Danilka, the Adam figure in this short story, the beauty of mother nature.' The plot begins with the
entrance of a storm, complete with rain, lightning, and thunder. Fyokla is afraid of the storm, but she
hunts for Terenty, the cobbler, so he can free her brother Danilka's hand from the rent or a hole in a lime
tree. The lime tree was in a Count's copse. A copse is a collection of trees planted for aesthetic purposes.
Before the October Revolution, there was a huge divide between the rich and the poor in Russia. Unlike
other Chekhov short stories, however, the three seems satisfied with their situation. Instead, their mutual
affection for each other and nature makes them happy, fun-loving, and present-oriented. Anilka is
awestruck by everything she sees. Fyokla is more practical and less attuned to nature than Danilka, and
hence resembles Eve's few bad traits. Terenty's status as a God-like character is further cemented by his
frequent swearing in God's and heaven's names, as well as his use of various sacred expressions to add
meaning to his words and depictions of nature. I believe the story's fundamental moral is that happiness
isn't always measured in material possessions or experiences. Because Danilka and Fyokla are beggars,
they believe the world is unkind to them, but when they view nature after a storm in their town, they
change their minds. They were able to appreciate the beauty there. Which we in the metropolis were
unable to really appreciate. The conclusion of the narrative, in my opinion, is that simplicity is beautiful.
There are things that others have that you may not be able to afford, and there are things that you have
that others do not. It's all in your head.
Terenty continuously reminding the youngsters not to be afraid throughout the story. Throughout his
mission, Christ told his disciples that they should not be scared. This is amusing because it is clear that
even Terenty was terrified at times, like in the case of the raging storm. They are homeless and
vagabonds, with nowhere to lay their heads. They do, however, trust in the love they share and the respect
they receive from the country folk, and thus live in peace. They live together in a commune. This is both
predictive and not so prophetic of Chekhov because rural people in the USSR were worse off than rural
people in Tsarist Russia. When the youngsters are resting in the barn, they trust Terenty and take in
whatever he says to them. They are concerned about Mother Nature and, through Terenty, want to learn
more about her. Danilka, in particular, is plagued by thoughts, but he is convinced that his 'confidence' in
Terenty will cure all of his problems. Terenty is concerned about them. Before returning to his side of the
village, he lays a loaf of bread under the straw pillows of the beggar children. This short narrative is
around Mother Nature's respect. The heart of this story of vagabonds on the verge of a new era of
urbanisation is a celebration of creation in all its glory.