Anton Chejov wrote this tale thinking in the urgency of a person for apologize due to an UNINTENCIONAL SNEEZE. The life and the racionality of the main character changed when he felt an anguish which at the end of the story kill him!
For today's comment, try to think in the COVID context and on the impact of the pandemic on contemporary culture. So, keeping this in mind, rewrite the end of the story in your OWN WORDS and find another destiny or solution to the anguish of the character!
Ok, girls. It's good, but next time try to do an individual writing exercise!
Now, It is interesting the perspective that you proposed 😊 The anguish of the main character, at the end, it's not out of proportion! And in this context, as I was thinking with Gabriela's comment, it is possible to talk about blame. The blame that Tchevyakow felt has a reason, a strong one.
What can happen in the story is: "Mr. Tchervyakow was infected with a flu that caused strong symptoms if he did not rest at home or take any medicine with a medical certificate, which Tchervyakow did not do, with the event of accidentally sneezing at the general and visit him and insist several times to apologize, it was very unexpected that the next morning after tchervyakow died, the general died from the contagion of a sneeze on a deadly virus that was sprending thought the city little by little..(Ana and I, did it together cause we both didn’t understood“
Again Tchervyakov tries to apologize to the general, but again the general gets angry with him. For the last time Tchervyakov apologizes to him, but that day, he coughs it up, the day passes and the general begins to feel flu-like symptoms, at lunch on television, news appears, that a new virus mortal has appeared.
The general goes to the bathroom and feels so bad that he cleans his face with water, but realizes that he is starting to lack oxygen, he goes to the nursing and they send him home. When he gets home, he begins to choke from lack of oxygen, so he lies down, closes his eyes, and dies.
The next day, Tchervyakov finds out about the death of the general, he worries a lot, he does not go to work and thinks that he has this new virus, he talks with his wife about the situation and she goes to live with his parents. And that same day he dies.
What can happen in the story is: "Mr. Tchervyakow was infected with a flu that caused strong symptoms if he did not rest at home or take any medicine with a medical certificate, which Tchervyakow did not do, with the event of accidentally sneezing at the general and visit him and insist several times to apologize, it was very unexpected that the next morning after tchervyakow died, the general died from the contagion of a sneeze on a deadly virus that was sprending thought the city little by little..."