What is Firs' attitude about emancipation of the serfs and why, in The Cherry Orchard?

In this play, it is important to consider how Firs is
compared with his grandson, Yasha. Firs is portrayed as the faithful servant of the
Ranevsky family, who, because of his deep and enduring loyalty to the family,
voluntarily opted to stay after the emancipation of the serfs. He longs for a return to
the past, and simpler, less complicated times, and therefore is shown to be opposed to
the emancipation of the serfs because of the profound changes it has brought to society.
His existence is defined by his relationship to the Ranevsky family, and he is unable to
cope without that relationship. Of course, his son, Yasha, completely disagrees with
this position as he is a character who longs for social mobility and intends to exploit
to the full the options that are now open to him because of the emancipation of the
serfs. Thus Firs is against the emancipation because it represents a massive social
change that he is unable to embrace or to comprehend. He, like other characters in this
excellent play, dwells only in the past and is not able to face the changes of the
present.