Natalie Tuesday Post

The underground man begins by describing how the man of action looks at his revenge as "justice" while on the other hand the mouse, or man of consciousness, does not believe in the justice of this revenge. I believe this is because the conscious man can see both sides to everything and by doing so he renders himself action less. He cannot see the justice behind his revenge because he can clearly see it from the other side. If you can see things from the other side as well then how could your side be right? Therefore the concious man does not act, but instead over thinks everything. He continually over thinks every single action he's made and all his encounters he's had. The underground man even goes as far to say that "on his deathbed it will recall it again". I think this is something that can be understood by many people. In the end over thinking things only leads to ones own demise. He makes it seem as some sort of hell conscious people are trapped in, but as he says in the end people find a sort of enjoyment in it. The idea of pleasure in pain has come up various times in this book. I feel like many times people do tend to find pleasure in their own pain. Later on he revisits the concept of the wall. Saying how many people use the wall as a sort of safety cushion. People embrace the wall because of its familiarity and comfort.