Gooseberries was a heavily emotinal, frame narrated story by the cray Russian Chekov. To make it so emotional he used strong diction (ex. “cold and malignant”). but now i will discuss the theme of this story. I would say that the theme is about how your dreams should be more centered on happiness than materialism. For example, consider this quote from the main character Ivan: “It’s the correct thing to say that a man needs no more than six feet of earth”. This shows Ivan’s own feelings about materialism. He believes that happiness is much more valuable than things. He also doesn’t think that people should be willing to oppress others in the pursuit of their own dream. By deriving joy from something as simple as gooseberries, Ivanovitch teaches a lesson on being content.