在契诃夫的小说中，我们可以强烈地感受到他对人物的情感态度。他对《瞌睡》中13岁的小保姆充满了疼爱和同情，对《个人修养》中那个生意兴隆的牙医充满了鄙视。在《小公务员之死》、《主教》中，我们分明可以看出契诃夫深刻地批判了腐败的权力，因为它导致人们精神扭曲，使人们对当权者充满了恐惧。透过《套中人》和《变色龙》，我们可以看到契诃夫尖锐地嘲讽了沙皇专制制度的忠实走狗。透过《在故乡》，我们可以看出契诃夫对想要改变社会却缺乏行动的勇气和能力的贵族青年是充满理解与同情的......他的作品启示人们不要自私，不要贪婪，不要崇拜权力，要有尊严地活着，这样才能像他一样"把自己身上的奴性一点一点地挤出去"。( In novels by Anton Chekhov, we can strongly feel his emotion and attitude toward characters. He shows love and sympathy to the 13-year-old boy in Sleepy; he despises the dentist who has a prosperous business in Personal Cultivation; in The Death of a Government Clerk and The Bishop, we can clearly see that Chekhov profoundly criticizes corrupted power, which distorts people's spirit, making people full of fear against the potentate. In The Man in a Case and A Chameleon,we can see that Chekhov harshly sneers at faithful running dogs of Tsarist autocracy. In In the Hometown, we can see that Clerk shows understanding of and sympathy for young aristocrats who wants to change the society but lacks the courage and capability for action...His works enlighten us not be selfish, greedy or admire power. We must live with dignity. In this way, we can gradually squeeze out the slavishness in our body like he does. )