![]() ‘Horses’ and ‘Dogs’ personify, obviously, those socially constructed people who judge people, inhumanly, according to their dressings. Wittingly, the narrator uses ‘personification’ as a tool to criticise the people of that certain period by introducing the idea that ‘the … horses and dogs were staring and laughing at the plainness of her dress’. She also thinks that because of her plain attires, horses and dogs would laugh at her. Nonetheless, she has been troubled by the thought that, with a ‘rouble’, she won’t be able to buy ‘a fashionable short jacket, nor a big hat, nor a pair of bronze shoes’ and she claims, without those things she would feel like being undressed. The narrator states, being in such a miserable position, the lady doesn’t have any strain regarding the issues like food and shelter. At first, she pawns her ‘turquoise ring’ and gets only ‘a rouble’ in return. While watching Gavin O’Connor’s The Accountant (2016), this hammering conversation between Dana and Christian reminds me the character of Nastasya Kanavkin of Anton Chekhov’s short story, ‘A Gentleman Friend’.Ĭhekhov’s ‘A Gentleman Friend’ revolves around the character of ‘the charming Vanda’, Nastasya Kanavkin, who, having no home and money, finds herself in a deficient position in the time of leaving the hospital. I think no matter how different we are, we’re all trying to do the same thing’. I just wanted to walk into the gym and have everybody say “Wow!” I was trying to belong. Christian asks her, why was the dress so important to her? Dana replies, ‘It wasn’t about the dress. ![]() To connect the story with the context of Bangladesh, Muhammad Kamruzzamann points out the contribution of our garment industry and their poor treatment by the stateĭANA Cummings is explaining to Christian Wolff, how she has managed USD 2000 to buy a fancy dress that she wore once in her life. Abdullah ApuĪ short story by Anton Chekhov deals with a woman’s obsession with expensive clothing and her outlook. On Tuesday, January 08, 2019, readymade garment workers protesting for a better minimum wage in Airport Road, Dhaka.
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