How does the reader’s knowledge of the events in paragraphs 22-30 reveal the banker and the lawyer’s different points of view and develop suspense?
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While the lawyer was more inclined towards life imprisonment for a convict, the young banker did not approve of either life imprisonment or capital punishment. They also have a heated argument regarding both the forms of punishment. Suspense picks up when the banker challenges the young lawyer to spend fifteen years in solitary confinement and the lawyer accepts it in lieu of money worth two millions. This excerpt is taken from "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov.
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