NFTU Fifth Reaction

Last night while reading Notes from the Underground I found myself cringing more with every page. I was expecting the underground man’s lack of social tact but the recent chapters truly bring it to a new level. Furthermore, the underground man’s company around the table was all extremely pretentious and rude, adding to the awkwardness of the situation.  I can understand the underground man’s frustration at times such as when they start discussing his meager salary. I have stopped feeling sorry for the underground man as he seems to cause all his problems and blame them on external forces.  By always being extremely pessimistic about every little thing he observes I believe he is unconsciously making his life a lot harder than it already is. I can honestly say that a book has never made me feel as uncomfortable as Notes from the Underground as with each chapter I feel like the narrator degrades and is humiliated to new levels.  Perhaps the only way for him to prevent descending into insanity is to put him in situations of utmost despair and humiliation.I do not know if I will ever really understand why the man does the things he does but I am eager to see how the book ends.