Final Reaction

I thought that the ending to notes from the underground was fitting. I was glad that Liza realized that the underground man was not suited for her as he cannot carry on a relationship. Even when he talked about his only friend he mentioned that the second he gave himself over to him completely he was completely repulsed by him. I liked the whole style of the book and the fact that at the end of his notes he declares himself an anti-hero and all his notes were a form of corrective punishment. The revelation at the end of the book that none of us are suited for "Real" life was particularly insightful as I can see that in everyone to a certain degree. It is good to know that I always have the underground to fall back on if the modern world gets the best of me. Lastly , I ended up liking the plot elements of the second part of the book a lot more than the abstractness of the first part as they provided a nice context for Dostoyevsky's ideas.