“The upper classes are the past of a nation; the middle class is its future.” This quote was written by Ayn Rand. The meaning of this quote is that the upper class was important in the past, but now, in the future, the middle class will be the important class. It relates to history because in Russia during this time period, the upper class was the important class. class and the lower class had no rights. Anton Chekhov is the author of "The Bet", "The Lottery Ticket" and "Oh! The Audience". Anton was Russian and in the three stories he represents Russia from 1881 to 1896. In his stories he also inserts his experiences of life and the things that had to do with him. The theme, the structure of the class, is shown in the stories “Oh! the public, the bet and the lottery ticket” in the period between 1881 and 1896. story “Oh! The Audience”, Anton Chekhov made class structure one of the themes of this story Class structure is shown in this story because the two main characters belong to different classes. The ticket collector belongs to a lower class he is a poor worker. The invalid belongs to the middle class. In the story “Oh! The Audience”, the conductor Podtyagin meets an invalid. He asks for the ticket and the passenger begins to complain about how bad he is and why they don't let him sleep what Podtyagin tries to do is collect the ticket, but the invalid continues to complain. Two gentlemen came in and threatened Podtyagin to leave him alone and apologize. Podtyagin listens because he doesn't want to lose his job. The conductor is of the lower class, the invalid is of the middle class, and the two gentlemen who were colonel and engineer, are of the upper class. Podtyagin knows that if he refused to leave the invalid alone, he... middle of paper... would still exist today, and there are many people who really have hope of winning the lottery ticket. In reality there is not a big difference between the United States and Russia. In both countries, there are people like the couple in the story, who wish they could win the lottery. The class structure is shown in the stories “Oh! The audience, lottery ticket and bet during the period from 1881 to 1896. Anton Chekhov, the author of these stories, wrote the stories to represent Russia during the period from 1881 to 1896. The upper class was the most important, and the lower class received no respect. The upper class didn't care what they wasted their money on, while the middle class hoped to win the lottery and belong to the upper class. The working poor just want to do their job, but the other two classes make it difficult. “The upper classes are the past of a nation; the middle class is its future.”