The chameleon is a short story. The novel tells the story that Ralph, a policeman, was bitten by a wild dog in the autocratic era of the czar. At first, Ralph didn't know whose dog it was, so he wanted to kill it. But then someone in the crowd said it was the general's dog, and Ralph's attitude changed immediately. Later, with the question of whether the dog is the general's pet, Ralph constantly put on and took off his coat. It was finally determined that this was the dog of the general's brother. Ralph not only didn't punish the dog, but also threatened the bitten person.

Chameleon is an early satirical novel by Russian writer Chekhov. In this famous novel, he created a typical image of Ralph, a bossy, bullying, flattering and fawning lackey of have it both ways's autocratic czar system with exquisite artistic techniques, which has extensive artistic generalization. The title of this novel is ingenious. The chameleon was originally a four-legged reptile of lizards. It can change its skin color according to the color of the surrounding objects to prevent other animals from infringing on it. Here, the author only takes its "color change" characteristics to summarize a class of people in society.