UM Actions

The Underground Man’s actions can be described in many ways. For one, he is extremely creepy and focused on getting revenge on anyone who he feels has wronged him. He is also very self-conscious making sure that people also think of him the way that he feels he should be thought of as. An example of this is when an officer moves him out the way. The Underground Man finds this very unpleasing and disrespectful. He shows the officer he shouldn’t be messed with by dressing in different clothes and making sure he bumps into him again. His plan works but the officer doesn’t even notice him. He fails at his awkward and creepy attempt in making a statement with this officer. The story then goes on to tell of a dinner party that the Underground Man is going to attend with some school friends. He never liked these people but decided to meet up with them anyways. The Underground Man never gets the memo that the time has been moved forward an hour. He shows up and waits and once the party arrives he begins to yell at them and show how unjust their actions were. He really enjoys others discomfort to make a point. The Underground Man also finds his one love, which is a prostitute. This also shows how twisted the man is. He feels he’s much more intelligent than the soldier and his high school “friend” Zverkov and it seems he needs to ensure this by kicking them down a few notches. He always tries to prove things to himself and I think this is a great example of that.