• Blog – Comment on the underground man’s actions. How is acting here in relationship to the claims he made in Part 1?
In the latest chapters the Underground Man has gone against what he had said in the opening chapters. He goes against from what he says in the first chapter because he now completely agrees with what he had said. The Underground Man is a strange man, he wants to get revenge on anyone who has wronged him and ends up stalking a police officer. He starting stalking the police officer because the officer had initially bumped into the Underground Man, which he found very disrespectful because he felt as though the officer didn’t even, notice him. For revenge he decided he would bump into the officer, but he wanted to make sure the officer wouldn’t notice him so he changes clothes constantly. The Underground Man ultimately fails at this strange attempt at what he calls “revenge.” The Underground Man is very self-conscious by making is so that other people see him as he wants to be seen as. The story then goes on to tell of a dinner party that the Underground Man goes to with some friends. Of course, he doesn’t like any of these people but he decided to attend anyway. The time was moved forward an hour but the Underground Man never got the memo. He shows up, waits, and once the party started yells at the people, telling them how unjust their actions were. As we knew from earlier in the book the Underground Man likes to see other peoples pain.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Notes from Underground Blog 2
• Blog – Who is Rooster? What are your first impressions of him?
An anti-hero is someone who had the potential to be a hero but had something interfere with them causing them to change. Rooster is an anti-hero. Rooster is infamous for being a killer. Rooster is unafraid to use his power and title. Killing people normally isn’t a trait you would find in a hero and that is why Rooster is an anti-hero. While he has the heroic trait of protecting the town, the way in which he treats his prisoners isn’t. Instead of being known for saving people lives by capturing people Rooster is known for his killing ways. Another non-heroic trait Rooster has is that he has a bad temper. For instance, Rooster is rude to Mattie when she first asks him to help her find her dads killer. When she initially tries to meet him he slams the door, thus ignoring her. Later on she meets up with Rooster and asks him to help her find her dads killer. He ignores her at first, but then becomes interested when she starts talking about money. This shows that he is more interested about money then he is protecting people and helping them out. She also tells him that he might be able to catch someone he is after while hunting her dad’s killer, which is another reason that entices him to go. However he makes fun of her for carrying around her dad’s gun because he feels she is incapable of using it. From what we watched in the movie I would have to say that Rooster is defiantly a good example of an anti-hero.
An anti-hero is someone who had the potential to be a hero but had something interfere with them causing them to change. Rooster is an anti-hero. Rooster is infamous for being a killer. Rooster is unafraid to use his power and title. Killing people normally isn’t a trait you would find in a hero and that is why Rooster is an anti-hero. While he has the heroic trait of protecting the town, the way in which he treats his prisoners isn’t. Instead of being known for saving people lives by capturing people Rooster is known for his killing ways. Another non-heroic trait Rooster has is that he has a bad temper. For instance, Rooster is rude to Mattie when she first asks him to help her find her dads killer. When she initially tries to meet him he slams the door, thus ignoring her. Later on she meets up with Rooster and asks him to help her find her dads killer. He ignores her at first, but then becomes interested when she starts talking about money. This shows that he is more interested about money then he is protecting people and helping them out. She also tells him that he might be able to catch someone he is after while hunting her dad’s killer, which is another reason that entices him to go. However he makes fun of her for carrying around her dad’s gun because he feels she is incapable of using it. From what we watched in the movie I would have to say that Rooster is defiantly a good example of an anti-hero.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Chapters One and Two (Underground Man)
• Blog - Who is the ‘underground man’? What are your first impressions of him?
After reading the first two chapters of Note From Underground I got a sense that the underground man is a very depressing person. The underground man doesn’t put a whole lot of faith into his life because he doubts himself all the time. For example in chapter two he says he is not even good enough to become an insect. “Whether you can hear it or not, why I could not even become an insect.” (Pg. 6) He feels that his life will stay just the same as it is now and will never get any better. He talks about all of the diseases he has including all of the liver problems he has had. I really don’t feel all that sorry for the underground man because all I have gotten from reading this book is that he complains about everything, yet he does absolutely nothing to try and improve it. He talks about seeing a doctor for his liver problems but he is superstitious about seeing doctors, so he won’t go visit one. The strange thing is though that the underground man said that he likes and supports the medicine. “And never have, though I have respect for medicine and doctors.” (Pg. 3) He lives in poverty and enjoys making people miserable. The underground man is a very complex, strange man and it is very hard to make since of what he thinks is right.
After reading the first two chapters of Note From Underground I got a sense that the underground man is a very depressing person. The underground man doesn’t put a whole lot of faith into his life because he doubts himself all the time. For example in chapter two he says he is not even good enough to become an insect. “Whether you can hear it or not, why I could not even become an insect.” (Pg. 6) He feels that his life will stay just the same as it is now and will never get any better. He talks about all of the diseases he has including all of the liver problems he has had. I really don’t feel all that sorry for the underground man because all I have gotten from reading this book is that he complains about everything, yet he does absolutely nothing to try and improve it. He talks about seeing a doctor for his liver problems but he is superstitious about seeing doctors, so he won’t go visit one. The strange thing is though that the underground man said that he likes and supports the medicine. “And never have, though I have respect for medicine and doctors.” (Pg. 3) He lives in poverty and enjoys making people miserable. The underground man is a very complex, strange man and it is very hard to make since of what he thinks is right.
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