"The malefactor"1 Does the story make you feel that the poor do not get justice?justify with reason.
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The Russian author Anton Chekhov is famous for his short stories. "The Malefactor" is short story written by him that portrays a helpless peasant Denis and the Magistrate of his village.
Explanation:
Denis is a village peasant who suffers from the dry reality of poverty. He is helpless in the hand of a world that needs money to operate in his sake. As a peasant, he has to sell his labour to earn his living. But he also earns money by selling fishes.
And for this particular reason, he needs heavy nuts for fishing. Out of necessity, Denis is found by the watchman stealing nuts that are used to fast slippers together to the engine of a train. It could lead to accident and death of the passenger. So he gets caught redhanded and taken to the Magistrate.
After explaining his innocence multiple times, Denis ponders that the powerful and rich people are more in favour than the peasant ever can be. He is ordered to take to prison for his guilt. But Denis and his fellow peasants are too naive to actually understand their crime.
He is poor, if he is taken to prison, his family will probably starve to death. But the magistrate never thinks of the justice. He punishes Denis for a crime he is not aware of committing. He has never thought that taking out a few nuts from the sockets can be dangerous.
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Explanation:
Here in the story The Malefactor, the idea is not about if the poor do not ever get justice.
Rather, the story comically portrays the ironical situation of how the poor fisherman was unaware of his rights and duties.
Opening the nut was something that was normal and regular for him. He was not very sure of his guilt and yet admitted that he was guilty.