Thankfully,
this is my last blog post on the substance of Notes From The Underground. In all honesty, I have enjoyed the
book very little. This can mostly be attributed to the fact that I was in Los
Angeles for the majority of it, and had to read from there :(. The last sixteen
pages, while strange, were to me, the most interesting. For one, this passage
completely changed my opinion of the narrator. Previously, I sympathized with
the narrator. I thought he was odd and had very low self-confidence. After
this, however, I now think he is a rude prick who has serious social
deficiencies. His complete meltdown directed at Liza was uncalled for and
cruel. In this moment, he represents a culmination of all of his lifelong
insecurities and lashes out at her with them. His putting money in her hand as
she left to humiliate her was disgusting. Interestingly, just after recalling
this large memory, the narrator is sharper than ever. His closing comments are
some of his most coherent in the entire book. "Leave us alone without
books and we shall be lost and in confusion at once." This quote reminds
me very much of humanity. All in all, while not in the slightest my favorite, I
definitely see the value in reading Notes
From The Underground.
Ryan
Pearson
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