[
 {"chunk": 161, "story": 13, "summary": "On Easter night a poor clerk, on duty in a dingy office, drafts a flattering holiday letter to a patron he hates, pities even the cockroach on his desk, and hears the bells begin.", "predicament": "A poor man stuck working through a holiday writes flattering greetings to a superior he secretly despises."},
 {"chunk": 162, "story": 13, "summary": "Hearing the crowds go to church, he complains that he sits here every year; the doorman says he hired himself out for greed, and he answers that it is poverty, dreaming of a festive supper.", "predicament": "A man who takes others' holiday shifts for a pittance hears everyone celebrating outside while he sits alone."},
 {"chunk": 163, "story": 13, "summary": "He says he will never be promoted, lacking education, manners and a decent name, and that even fleeing the office would only take him back to a greyer lodging.", "predicament": "A man with no education or connections knows he will never rise, and even a night off would change nothing."},
 {"chunk": 164, "story": 13, "summary": "He aches for a better life, a family table, a smart coat, a medal; he considers stealing or writing a secret denunciation to get promoted.", "predicament": "A man aching for a better life wonders whether a small dishonesty is the only way to get ahead."},
 {"chunk": 165, "story": 13, "summary": "He knows he is too timid to invent slanders, remembers he has begged his hated patron for a two-rouble raise for ten years, and kills the cockroach, feeling better.", "predicament": "A man too timid to cheat his way up takes out his frustration on something smaller and more helpless than himself."}
]