Thursday Post

      During our class discussion, we related the underground mans theory on aging to the "circle of life" we discussed earlier in the year. The underground man states that living past forty years old is vulgar, rude, and immoral. The reasoning behind his statement has to do with the idea that once you grow old to the point that you can no longer work or support yourself, you become a burden on society. The old people incapable of contributing to society use up resources and money without giving anything back in return. In yesterdays discussion we argued that the underground man is an inactive man do to the fact that his ability to see with clarity keeps him from making any decisions. The underground man claims that he will live past forty, but if he is inactive and unable to make any decisions and become a successful man, he isn't contributing to society either. He is technically another body in the mass using up resources and watching society from the undergrounds.