Raoul's Wednesday Response

I found today's lecture to be insightful in helping me understand the book. In the first five paragraphs of the novel the narrator has already come off as self contradictory. While, most people would label the narrator as a lunatic for flipping being spiteful and being kind; however, in fact the narrator is a representation of the normal person. Honestly, I did not grasp the idea of the narrator being a representation of a normal person, during my first read. However, now that I know that he is normal some of my analysis of the novel has changed dramatically. Never the less, in the first five paragraphs our narrator did express a common contradiction of logic and reason. He describes himself as an intelligent person, intelligent enough not to be superstitious, but he is still superstitious. He knows he should go see a doctor, but he still does not go see the doctor. This when looked at by an observer is stupid and illogical, yet it happens to all of us. I am going to end my response here. :)