餓死(がし)を待つ(まつ)か、それとも盗賊(とうぞく)になるべきかという選択(せんたく)

One evening, under a heavy rain, a single servant was sheltering from the rain beneath the Rashomon gate. He had just lost his job and had no lodging for tonight. Whether he should just wait to starve to death or become a thief to survive, he was deeply troubled, unable to make up his mind.