Grey Area Man
In Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground, readers meet the underground man and are subjected to the character's seemingly psychotic actions. However, the underground man is not actually psychotic, rather he is simply a tormented soul, struggling with depression, and low self-worth. While he tries his best to conform to a society that forces him to perfectly fit the mold of its ideals. The character of the underground man was written by a Christian author to showcase the dangers of wanting to conform to a society that will never be able to give the gratification one seeks. The underground man places his worth and value on earthly ideals that will never give him the feeling he desperately needs. While the underground man’s actions are the extremes for gratification and attention, it honestly depicts the lack of feeling that someone with depression may often feel. The lack of emotion he feels forces him to not fit with any group in society; forcing him to be the grey area man, ...