Essay Outline

• Thesis: Ivan Petrovitch connects Vodka and his servant job to produce the theme of a wasted life.

• Topic Sentence: Ivan doesn’t like his job

Evidence/Quotation: “Twenty five years I have live like a mouse in the wall.” “The Professor goes on … I’m here among you…”

Explanation: He feels like he’s not very appreciated because Serebryakov doesn’t accomplish anything. He also feels like his life has been wasted

• Topic Sentence: Ivan doesn’t like Serebryakov

Evidence/Quotation: You’re going to sell the estate”

Explanation: He is furious at the professor for talking about selling the estate. He end up trying to kill the professor with a gun, but misses.

• Topic Sentence: Sofya shows a lot of care for her Uncle Vanya

Evidence/Quotation: ”But I beg you, please, do not let my uncle drink. It’s so bad for him.” “You’ve got drunk with the doctor again…Why do you do this? At your age…?”

Explanation: Sofya really cares about Ivan. But it makes here unhappy to see her uncle get drunk.

• Topic Sentence: Vanya has a very obscure point of view when ut comes to relationships.

Evidence/Quotation: “A fidelity like this is false”, “I’d make my peace with you”, “I could have proposed to her and now she’d be my wife”

Explanation: Ivan does not believe in fidelity, for he thinks that the professor doesn’t deserve Yelena. Hence, he tries to make a move on her, but it fails. After he goes on about how he could have had her before she married Serebryakov.