Stylistic Analysis Chekhov

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Orthodox Calendar (Ties with holidays)- The Orthodox Church observes the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar, which is used by Catholics, Protestants, and most others. The Julian calendar holidays are 13 days later than holidays on the Gregorian calendar. Lent- Lent is the period of fasting before Easter. Orthodox Lent is about 50 days long. All days are days of abstinence, 43 are also fast days. Russian Orthodox Christians go through 48 days of Lent by not drinking alcohol or eating food that comes from animals or products that contains these things. The consumption of red wine and seafood is okay on certain dates. May Day- traditionally been a day for workers to take a break from their jobs and get drunk. It is known now …show more content…

In the story, you really only have Sasha, the child of Olga and Nikolay, who can clearly read, but she doesn’t even understand what she is reading, so it’s not quite fully reading. Since Nikolay not only moved to the city, but is also a man, we can sort of assume that he can read, but I’m not certain if it ever specifically stated in the story that he can read. Even so, that means that all other characters that we are introduced to in the story, just because they live in a poorer part of Russia, cannot …show more content…

Christmas is an important holiday, second only to Easter. Russians begin celebrating the holiday with a Christmas Eve service and then go home and sleep and wake up for the traditional service on the morning of Christmas day. Afterward, families gather together and exchange gifts and have a large lunchtime meal, of turkey or roast chicken. Grandfather Frost and the Old Babushka- On January 6th, the day before Christmas, children are given gifts and told they come from the Old Babushka, an old woman who gave the Three Wise Men the wrong

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