Tuesday Post

I think that it speaks quite loudly of Dostoevsky’s philosophies that the character that embodies his theories is mental unstable.  The character is a man of two extreme. He is either completely alone and in despair or a social butterfly with the intention of making as many friends as possible. He either completely despises someone or he adores them and admires them to no end. It is hard to understand whether he is a raving lunatic or someone who’s brilliance effects his normal social and emotional behaviors. As the narration part of the novel plays out, I am leaning more towards the lunatic theory. The story of the character trying to bump into the officer that three years before move him aside to prevent him from getting in the way of a brawl. He obsesses over every aspect of that event and the man involved, while the officer obviously does not remember it at all, because it not a significant event.  It seems to me that Dostoevsky’s character is inane and perhaps that also (in some ways) reflect his early statements in the novel.