Today’s
lecture reaffirmed my thoughts that most people can relate to Dostoevsky’s
thoughts and beliefs. The idea of superstitions was particularly intriguing. People
do certain things, like the throwing salt over their shoulder, to put their
mind at ease. If someone does not throw the salt, their thoughts will become
chaotic of what can happen, furthermore, they might think that anything bad
that happens is due to their superstition. People are afraid of their mind’s
ability to think of every conceivable unfortunate situation more than the
possibility of bad luck. I agree that the narrator presents both sides of every
situation that renders him incapable of action and yearning for an identity. I
think that the narrator’s appearance of being spiteful even though he is not,
which makes him embittered is a classic case of a self-fulfilling prophecy that
I believe has happened to everyone because I know that has happened to me
before and it is interesting to see it put down in writing.
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