The Bet

Protagonist- The lawyer, the story has him living alone and realizing what society is and what it represents.
Antagonist- The banker, he represents society as a person who jails the lawyer.
Conflict- Person v. society, society causes the lawyer to change by imprisoning him and when he is released he rejects society.
Plot
Exposition- The party at which the banker meets the lawyer.
Inciting Event- The banker and lawyer make the bet.
Rising Action- The lawyer reads intellectual books
The banker decides to kill the lawyer after he realizes he has no money
Climax- When the lawyer renounces all two million dollars as proof of his contempt for society
Falling Action- The banker is happy and decides not to kill the lawyer.
Resolution- The banker puts the letter in his safe.
The Bet represents "The Meaning of Freedom" because the lawyer does have freedom. He is allowed anything he wants. He can think all he wants to. Anything he could possibly need is taken care of. After several years of being in the lodge, the lawyer starts to hate society and by being in the lodge he is free of it. By the end of the story he doesn't want out and doesn't want the money.
"The Meaning of Home" is also represented in this story. The lawyer at first hates his jail because there is nobody. But as the story progresses he feels more at home in the lodge. He can furnish it anyway he wants and can have everything. This creates a more homelike atmosphere because he creates it to his desires.