From what we have read so far, we know that the underground man is a middle aged man, who used to be an officer. As of right now, he is sick with a liver disease, but he doesn’t want to get it fixed. Also, he is an educated man, and we know this because he talks about how his knowledge has taught him not to be superstitious.
So far, I think that he is very hard headed. Also, I think he is a wanna be. He gives off the impression that he is some tough guy who you don’t want to mess with, but I don’t think that is the case. Sometimes he contradicts himself, which makes it seem like he doesn’t know what he really wants. He tries to ask like he is intimidating by saying “sometimes I slap myself in the face”, and “I enjoy being rude to people,” but I think that is just a cover up for who he really is. The way he made a point of repeating the parts where he was being rude, and brave, gave me this impression. Sometimes when people want to believe something, they just say it a bunch of times, and sooner or later they will believe it.
The underground man is also hard headed. The first paragraph talks about how he has know he has been sick for 20 years, but he still refuses to go to the doctor. He made a point to say he didn’t want to live past 40, but I think that is because he is scared. He knows he is very sick and chances are he won’t live much longer, so the easiest thing for him to do is make living into old age an awful thing to do. Something that people would hate doing.
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