Notes from the Underground

Notes From the Underground, a Realistic Literary Piece


The book, Notes From the Underground, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, summarizes the life of a low-ranking civil servant in the late 19th century. Through the experiences, and beliefs of this main character, Dostyevsky created a realistic feel, that dominated the novel and took us inside the mind of this depressing individual, the Underground Man. Realism in the novel is apparent in that the character is applicable to daily life, and people can relate to him, the readers can correlate to the main characters good intentions and short comings, and can sympathize with the difficulties of human relations that the Underground Man displays.
In his book, Dostyevsky discloses a character that is applicable to everyday life that people can connect with. Realists focused in on “real” people, usually middle class Joe’s that readers could relate to on a broader scale. The point of this novel wasn’t to introduce a characte...