Read the excerpt below from the short story “the bet” by anton p. chekhov and complete the instruction that follows.
“you are mad, and gone the wrong way. you take falsehood for truth and ugliness for beauty. you would marvel if suddenly apple and orange trees should bear frogs and lizards instead of fruit, and if roses should begin to breathe the odor of a sweating horse. so do i marvel at you, who have bartered heaven for earth. i do not want to understand you . . ”
identify how chekhov’s background and beliefs may have influenced his short story “the bet.”

Chekhov frequently wrote about the disillusionments of life and life's meaninglessness in his works. This particular short story discusses how one young man—the lawyer—realizes after many years that all his efforts to win a bet were for nothing. He didn't even care about winning the reward at the end.

Explanation:

his tongue, i believe, was bloody and hanging out of his mouth.

he looked as if he were hungry.

he has several wolf-like qualities; a gray coat, sharp claws and yellow fangs.

those eyes made me feel, dear reader, like the end was near.

as i reached for a stick, he moved to the other side of the hill.

panting and hungry, he looked at me, a defenseless human and he snarled.

well i said my prayers, however, he simply turned and limped off.