Chekhov's play, "The Cherry Orchard" displays the changing social order between the rise of the peasants and the decline landed gentry in Russia in the eighteen century. Chekhov ionises his characters by displaying the gap between what the characters say and what they do and the characters lack of self-awareness, therefore distancing them further from reality. .
The characters in "The Cherry Orchard" have constant disconnected views and conversations of the future and life. Loparhkin is part of the rising class, whereas most of the other characters in the play like Lyubov, Gayev, are in the rapidly declining class and have no idea how escape from this life calamity.
The first passage opens with Loparkhin proposing his solution to save the cherry orchard, " if you break up the cherry orchard and the land along the river", this advice is quickly dismissed by Gayev as "rubbish!" whereas Lyubov "doesn't quite understand". Loparhkin doesn't at all understand what the cherry orchard represents for Gayev and Lyubov, "cut down the old cherry orchard" he thinks of it as a way to raise money "you"ll have at least twenty-five thousand a year income" whereas they see it as "interesting, even remarkable". .
Loparkhin believes he has "something nice and cheerful" to say to Gayev and Lyubov, this demonstrates his complete misunderstanding of there feelings for the cherry orchard. Loparhkin cannot comprehend why they will not take up his offer, "There's no solution, I swear to you". While all he thinks about is time, "constantly looking at his watch", Lyubov cannot cope with discussion that her life is changing, she is quick to talk bout he time in Paris, "eating crocodile". .
The characters constant disconnected conversations add humour throughout the play, as they have a complete failure to communicate and understand one another. Firs talks about how, "forty or fifty years ago, they dried the cherries" just after Loparhkin has tried to persuade Gayev and Lyubov, "there is no other solution".
