The Man In A Case By Wendy Wasserstein

The story “The Man in a Case” by Wendy Wasserstein, is a short story that takes place in a small garden in the village of Mironitski. Narrates a short passage between Byelinkov and Varinka (the main characters) that are about to get married. He is a respected professor at a local school who seems to be appreciated for all in the village. She, “a pretty girl of thirty” deeply in love with him. They seem to have a completely different way of thinking, and that is what makes us imagine there exists a pre-marriage conflict between them.
In one hand Byelinkov appears as a meticulous man who lives under his own rules and strict guidelines which have made him a successful man in terms of professional life. This character looks a lot like Walter
He is very cutting in his answers. While Varinka tells him the nicest things about him with such an admiration and joy, he destroys instantly her moment with a, not grotesque but ridiculous statement. For example, when she tells him how tight and perfect he dresses to her, his response is: “You speak of me as if a were your pet” or in another instance when she says, “I love you”, his response is “is convenient we met” This to a normal person would make him annoyed, but Varinka seems to be “crazy” in love with
One can imagine that disagreement caused by this action is what reflects how different they are in their thinking. While she is so happy of being capable and brave of riding the bicycle, his response is “a woman can be arrested for riding a bicycle. That is not progressive, it is a premeditated revolutionary act” He gets even more upset when she tells him that some of his students saw her riding it that he gets to look for the bicycle to return it as fast as possible to his brother. This shows that he cares a lot more than she about what other people think of him. He just cannot let people imagine that he is in favor of any “revolution” or change. He cannot be