d) What brought the banker's business down? in in the chapter the bet
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Young, wealthy, and fairly reckless at the beginning of the story, the banker insists that death is preferable to life imprisonment and is the one who initially makes the titular bet with the lawyer. In his later years, his luck has faltered and his wealth dwindled, transforming him into a desperate man. Like the everyday people that the lawyer grows to despise, the banker is ruled by his need to maintain his wealth no matter the cost. He decides to kill the lawyer the night before the bet is completed because he fears that the lawyer will become rich and successful with his money while he himself becomes a beggar. Upon finding the lawyer’s note and discovering what he has been through physically and psychologically, however, the banker is racked with guilt and self-hatred for making the bet in the first place. Nevertheless, he ultimately decides to protect himself from possible retribution on the part of the lawyer by hiding the letter in his safe. A complex character, the banker reveals both undesirable truths and redeemable realities of the human condition.
The Banker Quotes in The Bet
The The Bet quotes below are all either spoken by The Banker or refer to The Banker. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: The Meaning of Life Theme Icon). Note: all page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer to the Green Bird edition of The Bet published in 2017.