Tuesday Reaction

The fact that the narrator gets pleasure from destroying what is sublime and beautiful was an interesting character choice. The deeper you read into Notes from the Underground the more correlations you can make between yourself and the underground man. I can see how I would want to destroy the sublime and beautiful just because I can. For example, People derive pleasure from having control over nature, which in essence is the pinnacle of the sublime and beautiful. The class’s discussions to the generalizations presented to us was interesting as it really showed how people’s pride and self-interest heavily influence their perception of the world. The depth of the book really astonishes as the insight concerning human psychology the reader can draw from a short amount of paragraphs is incredible. I look forward to delving deeper into the book as I am sure many of Dostoevsky’s deeper ideas went right over my head.