Raoul's Thursday night response

So far I have read the first six chapters (I like that the chapters are short) of Notes From The Underground. Mr. Shapiro was defiantly correct, this novel is obnoxiously dense. I honestly so far do not like the novel as a read, but I do like the subject matter. I do not like the novel as a read mostly because I found it to be an old man ranting about society. I get what Dostoyevsky is trying to say and where he is going with his arguments; even though, he is using an abstract approach to proving his point. I think the only argument that Dostoyevsky has talked about that I agree with is man's comfort in the wall. Human's always inherently have to put limits around something. This rises from our inability to comprehend infinity. I am kind of curious to see where Dostoyevsky goes with Notes From The Underground, especially since you said it is super dense.