The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov is a dramatic work set in a cherry orchard in Russia. Some of the characters who help create the dramatic setting of the play are Lyuboff, Lopahin, and Pishtchik. These characters find life difficult because they cannot understand each other and because they passively submit to environmental situations without making any effort to rise above them. Lyuboff is the owner of the cherry orchard and has lived there her entire life. The estate was passed down from generation to generation and Lyuboff was left to care for it. Since Lyuboff grew up rich, she did not learn to manage her money wisely. He spends and distributes money in vain: "I have no money, my dove... oh, very good... give it to him, Leonid." He doesn't know how to work to recover the money spent. He finds himself in debt and unable to pay the mortgage. These problems become so serious that she is forced to sell the orchard. Lopahin offers to help Lyuboff and his family get them out of debt. He suggests several ideas such as demolishing the buildings and house and renting houses on the land where the cherry orchard now grows. He is not interested in the sentimental value the orchard has, but in the money that could be earned by selling it. When told the personal value of the orchard, Lopahin responds, "The only notable thing about this cherry orchard is that it is very large." He also says, "There's a crop of cherries once every two years... it's hard to get rid of them... no one buys them." While this doesn't make Lopahin a greedy or uncaring person, one might think this is rather embarrassing. Pishtchik on the other hand is only interested in himself. He too was once rich, but had trouble spending his money. He asks for money instead of working or earning it, creating even bigger debts. When he asks Lyuboff for 240 rubles to pay the mortgage, she agrees, but is rebuffed by Gayeff. Pishtchik then relies on luck and a lottery ticket that his wife gave him. Throughout the story, he refers to money-making gimmicks: "Well, a horse is a nice animal, you can sell a horse." He also talks about forging money to repay his debts. It is only at the end of the story that his fortune repays him by finding a large sum of money, with which he is able to pay off all his debts..