— Anonymous
During the evenings is when most of my deep thinking occurs. Which led me to read the story “The Lady with the Dog” by Anton Tchekhov during the evening of one fateful night. The effect of reading during the night allows me to visualize the scenes in my head while reading The Lady with the Dog. The piece is about a married man named Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov. Dmitri’s personality goes along the lines of a person who tends to look down upon and play around with women without feeling any form of love. However, at the end of the story, Dmitri falls for another woman named Anna Sergeyevna. Anna is someone who Dmitri realizes as a person he truly loves, unlike his feelings towards his wife. Dmitri’s love story in The Lady with the Dog is something I can relate to with my past relationship as it holds great value to me.
Five years ago from today, I was dating someone named Vu. At the beginning of our relationship, it was the typical honeymoon phase with all the butterflies and deep affection for one another. During this time, I was talking to a boy named Mitchell—a classmate that I met—on and off because at the time he held no relevance to me. However, soon my relationship with Vu shifted and it became toxic. Because of this, my love for Vu continued to deteriorate. While my relationship was on edge, I started to talk to Mitchell more often. Soon, I fell for Mitchell more as time went on because he was able to show me the affection I wanted. One that Vu could not show me. Mitchell and I would hang out more while I was still dating Vu. However, deep down inside, I felt that it was wrong to be hanging out with another guy while I was still with someone. However, I could not hold my feelings back and I knew that my feelings for Mitchell were much greater than Vu’s.
I believe that The Lady with the Dog is a great work because this story is in fact very relatable to me and others as well. Adding on, The Lady with the Dog is an excellent romantic story and inspiring as well. We, as the readers, would never have expected that Dmitri, one who looked down upon women, to be going after Anna. The Lady with the Dog shows that the feeling of love does not belong to one specific person and that the feeling of love could change for another person. For example, the similarity to Dmitri’s love story and mine. Dmitri first had a wife who he married, but later he ended up falling for Anna. A person who Dmitri ends up spending a lot of time with. In my case, my first love was with Vu, but in the end, I fell for Mitchell and spent most of my time with him, which I still do to this day. This is the love story of Dmitri’s and mine.
