Everywhere is Underground
Everywhere is Underground Imagine a life that isn’t life, a love that isn’t love, and a man so conflicted in his own head that he thinks himself into being less than a man. These images paint the picture of the main character in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground . The main character, an unnamed man referred to here as Underground Man, is the narrator of this story, which basically serves as his memoir to an unknown audience known only as “gentlemen.” The narration contains a collection of events from his life lived in a dark corner he calls “the Underground” and his own thoughts about these events. He uses a disjointed and inconsistent voice in his discourses which portrays his constant shifting sentiments, nonetheless, some raw moments in the narrative can be spotted, and these raw moments allow a glimpse into his mind and heart. Underground Man possesses a raging struggle within himself because he constantly overthinks, this internal struggle causes him to struggle with...