The Moment of Truth

I think Lyubov's critical discovery is when she finds out that Lopakhinhas bought thecherry orchard. At this moment she realizes how important it is to her and that it is finally gone. Lyubov says, "Oh, my dear, sweet, lovely orchard!...My life, my youth, my happiness, good-bye" (379). Lyubov has lived with the cherry orchard her whole life, so it holds all of her childhood memories, everything she has ever known. Anya has no problem leaving the orchard in order to start a new life because she is not as close to the orchard as Lyubov and Gayev.

The servants are also very close to the cherry orchard, because they have lived there for a long time. I think Firs shows the ultimate example of someone not being able to live without the ochard. He was always talking about the old days of the orchard, and then when it came time to begin the new days away from the orchard he was not able to. Firs literally could not live without the orchard, so he died before he was able to leave it.

I feel like the differences between characters in The Cherry Orchard were really not that great. Each had different personalities but in the end I placed each into two categories. Those that could accept the loss of the cherry orchard, and those that could not. In the first category, the characters will probably be able to have a good life while the others might never be able to move on. On the other hand, I think it might show a good personality trait in those that cannot move on because it shows a level of emotional deepness that the others do not possess.