Ryan Cordero Day #5

        Within the first few paragraphs of Part II chapter 6, the narrator describes his thoughts in an interesting way that I think most people have done before. Upon realizing he has slept with a woman, he recollects his thoughts as if the night prior occurred several years in the past. People have a tendency to imagine events taking place a long time ago and relatively recent at the same moment. I think this occurs most whenever I think about a school year, by the end of the year, the first day of school seems as if it happened an eternity ago, but at the same time, it feels as if the year went by in a second. I think Dostoyevsky is trying to capture this phenomenon in the first parts of chapter 6. After conversing the woman, the narrator realizes he has evoked emotion out of the women that at first responded stoically. Furthermore, the narrator feels as if he is above the women because he evoked emotion. I think this is a rather relatable feeling; it is natural for a person to feel superior if they respond rationally and collected rather than reacting hysterically, which is what I think Dostoyevsky is describing.