GROUP 8 CRITIQUE’S SCRIPT

Rea - yellow
Pryncyss - purple
Prinsesa - red
All - green

All: Good day Mr. Baliling and to our classmates we are blessed as we the group 8 has the
chance to present our literary critique report.

Rea Today we are going to share you a story about two orphaned children at play when a
threatening storm is looming forcing inhabitants to take refuge. Titled a day in the country by
anton chekhov.

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Rea: In the story “A Day in the Country” by Anton Chekhov. The main idea and thesis
statement in this narrative is all about the resilience of the common people and beggars, as well
as on how they take control of their own lives in the face of the wealthy and privileged
indifference, are all celebrated in this short narrative; it demonstrates on how we intend to
handle our situation.

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Pryncyss: now lets proceed to the authors background the author of the story is Anton
Pavlovich Chekhov. He was born on the 29th of January 1860 and died on the 15th of July 1904
(aged 44). The third of six children born to a family of grocers in Taganrog, Russia, a resort city
on the Azov Sea in the country's south. His father was a dictator and a third-rank member of the
Merchant's Guild who treated his kids as slaves. Young Chekhov participated in a church choir
in addition to working part-time for his father's company. He was left by his insolvent father
when he was 15 and completed Taganrog's Classical Gymnasium alone for three years.
Chekhov received a scholarship to the Moscow University Medical School in 1879, and he
eventually earned his medical degree there in 1884. He spent roughly eleven years working as
a general practitioner.

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Prinsesa: Chekhov authored a ton of amusing sketches and short stories while still a student
while using a pseudonym. While a doctor, he continued to write and had success with his first
books, as well as his first play, "Ivanov." He gradually decreased his medical practice in favor of
writing, declaring that "medicine is my wife; literature - a mistress." He reserved using his real
name for serious medical publications. Based on objectivity, brevity, creativity, and compassion,
Chekhov developed his own literary style. He employed a delicate weave of clues, subtle
nuances in conversation, and exact details, which was different from the meticulous analytical
description of "heroes" in mainstream Russian literature. He shunned stereotyping and didactic
political statements in favor of cool humorous irony, which he described as his original literary
style. He received the Pushkin Prize from the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1888 after
receiving praise from authors Lev Tolstoy and Nikolai Leskov.

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Rea Chekhov traveled far in 1890, visiting Siberia and the isolated prison island of Sakhalin.
He performed research for a dissertation on prison life there by interviewing thousands of
inmates. In 1894, Chekhov published "Island of Sakhalin," a comprehensive social-analytical
essay on the Russian penitentiary system in Siberia and the Far East. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
later used and cited Chekhov's insightful research in his "Gulag Archipelago"; in 1897–1899,
Chekhov returned to his medical practice to combat the cholera epidemic.

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Rea: At the Moscow Art Theater, Chekhov formed unique bonds with Stanislavsky and Vladimir
Nemirovich-Danchenko. He developed into a wise playwright who had an impact on
contemporary theater. In the plays "Uncle Vanya," "Three Sisters," "Seagull," and "Cherry
Orchard," he mastered the use of understatement, anticlimax, and implicit emotion. Olga
Knipper-Chekhova, the star performer of the Moscow Art Theater, became his wife. Chekhov
relocated to his Mediterranean-style residence in the Crimean vacation town of Yalta in 1898.
Lev Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, Ivan Bunin, and artists Konstantin Korovin and Isaac Levitan all paid
him a visit there.

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Pryncyss: The backdrop of the story, "A day in the Country," takes place between eight and
nine in the morning in an unknown village. The storm that is going to commence in the village is
described at the beginning of the story. Trees are being bent by approaching strong gusts. Red
zigzag lightning flashes brightly.

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Rea: Characters and Characterization, In the narrative there was an old tall man, with a thin
pock marked face, very long legs and barefeet. He's the cobbler who helped danilka and fyokla.
Danilka is the child who stuck his hand. He has red hair and a pale sickly face, Fyolka sister of
Danilka she seeked terenty and asked him to help his brother a white haired, pale, barefooted
child, and Silanty Silitch, the sacristan, terenty’s friend. He was the bridge for fyokla to find
terenty.

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Prinsesa The people were urged to leave and seek evacuation elsewhere to be safe due to an
impending storm that was heading toward the village. A busy Fyokla appeared. She was
running to search for her Uncle Terenty to ask him to save her brother Danilka, who had
accidentally got his hand stuck in the whole while playing.

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Rea: In summary of the story "A Day in the Country" by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. The
protagonist of the story is a homeless cobbler named Terenty. At the beginning of the novel, a
young beggar named Fyokla, who is 6 years old, runs through a village. As the people of the
small village are getting ready for an impending storm. Although Terenty is the subject of her
intense search, she addresses everyone as "uncle". She eventually located Terenty in the
kitchen-garden, who is described as a "tall elderly man with a thin, pock-marked face, very long
legs, and bare feet, clothed in a woman's torn jacket." He doesn't seem like a hero at all. Fyokla
is desperately looking for help so that she can free her brother Danilka's hand from a tree.
Terenty "answers all queries, and there is no secret in Nature that confuses him," as the
narrative demonstrates. He has a wealth of knowledge. The writer then states that undoubtedly
"all the locals, usually speaking, know as much as he does". The one thing that makes a
difference, however, is that Terenty is prepared to share his knowledge and give of his time to
the two orphan children. The reason the youngsters adore him is because of this.
The two kids spend the rest of the day with Terenty before retiring to a derelict barn.
Terenty then walks over to the pub. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov goes on to elaborate on Terenty's
devotion to and honesty toward the two orphan youngsters. After some time, Terenty returns,
and while they are sleeping, Terenty builds the cross and places bread under their heads.
Terenty strives to improve Fyokla's and Danilka's life in comparison to his own in this way.

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Pryncyss : Such a wonderful story as the theme of the novel emphasizes the fundamental
themes of love for nature, friendship, and destitution.

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Rea: The Title of this analysis is “ The importance and wonders of nature”. A Day in the
Country by Anton Chekhov is a great and astounding short story. About two orphaned siblings
named Fyokla and Danilka and a cobbler named Terenty, Anton Chekhov told a touching tale.
The narrative described the two kids' journey with Terenty and the life-altering events they had
while discovering the joy and lessons to be learned in the little things.

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Prinsesa When I was initially thinking of the first chapter of the story, I assumed that it would be
a depressing and tragic tale. The story started to reveal a fantastic lesson when I read the
section where Terenty and Fyokla the little beggar-girl travel to rescue Danilka, her brother, who
just so happened to be caught in a tree.

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Rea: Even despite the violent and ominous storm, the actors were eager to save the tiny infant.
Despite the clay adhering to their feet, Terenty and the young girl move on with no signs of
concern. It represents our lives; we run into challenging situations and are on the verge of giving
up, but we must have the strength to press on. This Anton Chekhov tale exemplifies how, in
only one day, we can explore our curiosity about the world around us. In the story, the author
employs numerous analogies. It also shows how the seemingly insignificant things we
encounter may fill us with amazement and majesty; how we can also live contently and show
goodwill to others who are less fortunate.

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Prinsesa The storm that brings rain, thunder, and lighting arrives at the beginning of the story.
But unlike earlier short works by Chekhov, the three seem happy with their lot. Instead, as a
result of their shared love of nature and each other, they are joyful, playful, and in the moment.
The resilience of the common people and beggars, as well as how they take control of their own
lives in the face of the wealthy and privileged indifference, are all also celebrated in this short
narrative.

Pryncyss : This story is straightforward yet exquisitely crafted short narrative by Anton Chekhov,
to wrap things up. The description was both extremely poetic and precise to a great extent. The
narrative shows how happiness may be found in the simplest things in life.

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Rea: "A Day in the Country'' depicts the characters appreciating the beauty of nature around
us. As we are blessed we should be willing and have a sincerity in our heart to impart our
wisdom and give time to help or lend hand to someone who needs help even if there is a big
situation (like the storm) that you’ll have to not care about it just to help someone and we should
also at least make an effort to make someone’s life better.

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ALL: And this is the end of our presentation we would all like to thank you all for listening!
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