Anton Chekov was born in Taganrog, a port city in Rostov Oblast, southern Russia, on January 29, 1860. He was the third child of Evgenia Yakovlevna Morozov and Pavel Yegorovich. Chekov grew up in a loving environment with his five other siblings despite facing financial difficulties. Chekov and his siblings worked vigorously to help their father run his store. However, the children still managed to enjoy their childhood by participating in social activities such as fishing, tennis as well as visiting their grandfather in the countryside. He attended Moscow University in 1879 to study medicine and graduated in 1884. He practiced medicine throughout his life and took up a writing career and a well-developed social life. In the words of Anton Chekov, he described his career as follows: “Medicine is [his] lawful bride, and literature is [his] mistress. When [he] has had enough of one, [he] spends the night with the other.” He continued to work caring for the sick and supporting his family until the insidious disease of tuberculosis ended his life on July 15, 1904. Chekov's family, childhood experiences and knowledge whom he met growing up became great influences in his future writing career. Chekov was able to use his positive and negative experiences to develop more natural and realistic plots for his characters to follow. For example, his grandfather was a serf who worked on the estate of Vladimir Grigorievich Chertokov before purchasing his freedom from servitude in 1841. Serf characters can be seen in his production of The Cherry Orchard. His father was a grocer and had to close his store due to financial ruin in 1867. Additionally, the Yegorovitch family house and home...... middle of paper ...... sue and become owners of the Presumably an actor would come to love Chekov because his plays turned away from traditional good versus evil plot concepts to produce more natural, complex, and relatable stories. After examining the life of Mr. Anton Chekov and reading The Cherry Orchard, it becomes apparent how easy it is to become attached to and understand the points of view of all his characters. Chekov mastered the use of mood, inaction as well as national current events to reveal the internal psychology of his characters. His plays did not seek to offend or impose moral judgment on members of the audience in attendance, but rather to demonstrate current struggles existing in social, political and personal contexts that must be overcome to successfully move forward towards a better and more positive world . future.