Ryan Cordero Wednesday Post

In these two chapters Dostoyevsky focuses on the idea of an identity and has an existential crisis. The idea of an identity goes back to the idea of people seeking validation. Also, the narrator seeking an identity relates to the fact that he sees all sides of an argument and is therefore rendered inactive. Ironically, the narrator wishes for any sort of identity even that of a lazy person, “A sluggard; how very pleasant it would have been to hear that of oneself”. An identity would allow the narrator to be a person of action, because whenever faced with a decision he would do whatever his identity entails. Even though everyone would consider him lazy, he would no longer have to live in his corner. People also yearn for an identity because it gives them something to be remembered by or identified as, which is a relatable idea. People usually enjoyed being recognized as “that guy” even if it has negative connotations, which is strange, but also true. It goes so far as to people even enjoying when someone dislikes them, because it means the other person takes time out of their day to think about the person they hate.