Although I enjoyed to first part of
the novel more than I am currently enjoying the second part, I feel that the
second part of the novel has given me a lot of insight into the ideas he
described in part one as well of many of his mannerisms while writing. On page 33 Dostoyevsky writes “I don’t what
to lie, I vowed to myself I would not”, which is think is one of the reasons
why in part one he is constantly writing, “gentlemen, I am joking”. He wants to
avoid lying, but doesn’t believe in truth.
The story
in part two also reminded me a lot of the Kafka novels we read earlier this
year. Dostoyevsky’s character admits to alternating between despising his peers
and thinking them superior. At times he despises his peers because of their
ignorance, but then thinks them superior because of their ability to happily
live ignorance.
It has been hard to come to a
conclusion on this novel and Dostoyevsky’s ideas because he argues throughout
the novel that reason does not exist, so without reason how can one come to a
definite answer, you can’t.
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