Hello friends today we are discuss this question, the question is -“How have you the right to give away somebody else’s property?” – Who is the speaker? What property is referred to here? Why does the speaker ask this question?
Here, the speaker is Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov. Here, the property referred to is the Oxen Meadows.
Lomov and Natalya argue over the ownership of the Oxen Meadows, and soon Chubukov also joins, them. According to Lomov, his aunt’s grandmother had given the free use of the meadows to the peasants of Chubukov’s grandfather for forty years and in return they had to make bricks for her. But Natalya and Chubukov refuse to believe his words and claim that they are the rightful owners of the meadows. Chubukov threatens Lomov, saying that, if he keeps on arguing about the ownership of the meadows, then he will give away the meadows to the peasants rather than giving those to him. At this, Lomov asks Chubukov the above question because according to him, the meadows belong to the Lomovs, so Chubukov cannot give away his property to someone else.