The last part is falling action when a young lawyer leaves 5 hours before he receives money from the banker. Besides, the climax shows when the banker plans to kill the lawyer because right now he wonders himself which one is more “money or debts”(3). The climax points at a time the lawyer regains his freedom from the prison. The rising action is when the protagonist makes the bet “2 million rubles”(2) with a lawyer and the agreement accepts when the laywer increases from 5 to 15 years. The next section is inciting incident, when the banker and lawyer begin to argue about capital punishment which one it suits for humans”capital punishment should be replaced universally by life imprisonment”(1). The old banker was recalling to his mind the party he gave in the autumn fifteen years ago”(1).

The first part is exposition, the author introduces atmosphere in the autumn party and the conversation between intelligent people “It was a dark autumn night. Next, plot contributes a good deal to the understanding of a story through the multiple parts.

The young lawyer is also a dynamic character, because at first, he is a greedy and foolish man with money, but in the end, he realizes that knowledge is more important, and he learns it by his days in prison. The author builds antagonist character is a lawyer and he is whose image changes over time from a young man 25 turns to 40 years old with the difference of appearance “his face was yellow, of an earthy shade, the cheeks were sunken, the back long and narrow”(5). However, he’s a dynamic character because his mind develops in the end, and he finally feels ashamed of himself. For example, when he argues with the lawyer and states “I don’t agree with you”(1) show that he doesn’t like others have oppose perspectives to him. The protagonist is the banker, and he is representative of someone who wants to own power overall.

In Anton Chekhov’s short story,” The Bet” is a beautiful and unique story that applies many elements of literature to show that persistence requires in every individual.The first element of fiction Chekhov uses is characterization.

The bet short story