What is the theme of pinky’s promise

What phrase from "speech after being convicted of voting" most engages the audience's sense of pathos, or their emotions?

Identify how chekhov’s background and beliefs may have influenced his short story “the bet”.

That alligator hungry. vittles very scarce that time a season. his belly be pinchin him hard, now. but bruh deer is fat, and so he is in heavy trouble. the alligator there in front of him. the beagles there behind him. what bruh deer gone do? he sees the alligator and he hears the beagles. how does the author readers understand what the word pinchin means?