Analyze how character motivations and behaviors impact the outcome of the short story "The Bet" by Anton P. Chekhov.

The Bet is a story that revolves around citizens belonging to high societies who were invited to a party by a banker debated and bet about which among death penalty and lifetime imprisonment is more moral and human. The banker was firm in his choice that death penalty is more humane. However, this was changed when he met a man who made him realize that living is better than not living at all.