The Bet

Setting- time- November 14, 1885
Place- In the lodge

Plot- Exposition- You find out who is in the story, the argument over the death penalty
Inciting Event- The bet is made
Rising Action- They years pass, The banker tells us of the stories the lawyer reads, the bet is coming to an end and the banker goes in to kill the lawyer, they lawyer has written a letter.
Climax- The banker reads the letter
Falling Action- The banker kisses the lawyer on the forehead, he goes home and cries, the guard tells the banker the lawyer has run away and the bet is over
Resolution- the banker puts the letter in the safe

Protagonist- Lawyer, The lawyer is the protagonist because the story revolves around the lawyer and how he has changed. If it is Person Vs. Society then it would be the lawyer because he is against the way society works in the end. In the beginning the bet represents they way society works and the lawyer is proving something.

Antagonist- The banker, (Side note: the banker turns into the executioner) he holds the money which is what the bet was for. So the banker represents society

Symbol- the money that the banker owes the lawyer represents greed

Conflict- Person Vs. Society, the why society worked is what starts they bet, society is what made the lawyer change because he read all of the books that say the way society works. The lawyer has given up on society, they way he saw society work changed him.

Themes-
Meaning of Home - To many home is a place where you can be comfortable. Be yourself, and feel safe. The lawyer might have felt himself but in a way he had lost his home. He was not comfortable in his surrondings and had given up on societey and other human beings. You are supposed to be able to act like himself but he was not himself he manipulated, when he read those books he had only seen one side. On earth he have never comfortable, he believe everyone would be wiped off the face of the earth. If his life, house, earth where home to him, he would not have starved himself. He would not be slowly killing himself. He did not believe in home, life; he hated it all. By the end he had no home.

Meaning of Freedom- If you have freedom you should be able to do what ever you want. Your own voice, ideas, you should be able to speak your own mind and thoughts. The lawyer lost all his freedom. Thought at the end he could do what ever he wanted he did npt think his own way. All the books he read over they year, with onyl thier side. They made him believe in things that he rally had no understanding. No personal experience or anyone on othersides input. He was physical free but mentally I believe he has lost it. But it was his fault he turned this way. Greed made him want the money, so he chose to stay in that house. He read those book when the whole time he could have asked to let out. When he was let go he was almost had less freedom,than when he was locked up. What he believe was not really accepted in the real world. He has lost his mind, and so he has lost his freedom.