Read this excerpt from fyodor dostoyevsky's novella notes from the underground: i have been going on like that for a long time — twenty years. now i am forty. i used to be in the government service, but am no longer. i was a spiteful official. i was rude and took pleasure in being so. i did not take bribes, you see, so i was bound to find a recompense in that, at least. (a poor jest, but i will not scratch it out. i wrote it thinking it would sound very witty; but now that i have seen myself that i only wanted to show off in a despicable way, i will not scratch it out on purpose! ) which part of this excerpt most clearly reveals that the narrator has monstrous qualities? a. i only wanted to show off . . b. i was rude and took pleasure in being so. c. i was a spiteful official. d. i did not take bribes . .

The part of the excerpt which most clearly reveals that the narrator has monstrous qualities is the one we find in letter B: I was rude and took pleasure in being so.

Dostoyevsky often explored his characters' self criticism by having them describe what they were like in detail. Like in "Crime and Punishment", where Raskolnikov has noble virtues and makes plans to kill an old lady at the same time, the narrator of "Notes from the Underground" also seems positively appealing to the reader, since he portrays himself as a victim of circumstances, who had some monstrous features as a way to defend himself from a cruel world. What seems monstrous about the aforementioned part of the excerpt is that not only did he know he was rude, he also stated to enjoy it, and lots of rude people out there have no idea they are so.

B. I was rude and took pleasure in being so.

Explanation:

Dostoyevsky frequently investigated his characters' self analysis by having them portray what they resembled in detail. Like in "Crime and Punishment", where Raskolnikov has respectable excellencies and makes arrangements to kill an old woman in the meantime, the storyteller of "Notes from the Underground" additionally appears to be emphatically engaging the peruser, since he depicts himself as a casualty of conditions, who had some tremendous highlights as an approach to safeguard himself from a merciless world.

What appears to be colossal about the previously mentioned piece of the extract is that in addition to the fact that he knew he was inconsiderate, he likewise expressed to appreciate it, and bunches of impolite individuals out there have no clue they are so.

the hunger games, written by  suzanne collins, is fiction in the young adult genre, which is not my age group, but i found myself unable to put it down. its combination of nerve-racking tension, thrilling action, and engaging love story kept me up until the wee hours. i was surprised at how completely engrossing the plot was. like  brave new world, this story is set in a future where the government oppresses its people, but the book also borrows ideas from the greek myth of theseus and the minotaur.

divided into 12 districts, ruled by an oppressive government located at the  capitol. katniss everdeen, a 16-year-old girl from district 12, takes her younger sister’s place as one of 24 “tributes” selected every year to participate in the hunger games at the capitol.

while i found this book absolutely enthralling, i was surprised it was aimed at an audience of young adults. it seems extremely intense for anyone younger than 16 or 17. for example, there is a scene where one young tribute is slowly eaten alive by wolf-like creatures all night long, and katniss has to finally throw a weapon at him to end his misery. i found this a little too disturbing when i considered the age of the character.

the intensity of the action was something one would find in a more mature book, but the age of the characters and the simplicity of the prose were aimed at a much younger audience. in addition, this book was written in present tense, which i found annoying, but that’s more of a personal preference than a stylistic fault. it was also edited somewhat poorly, but that rarely distracted from the plot. for example, the author often spoke in sentence fragments to describe how katniss felt, which might have been an attempt to reflect on her thought process, but i found it disorienting to read a lot of really short sentences all together. it would have been better to vary the sentence length on occasion, but the story was still coherently.

overall,  the hunger games  was an excellent, enthralling read that i highly recommend. if it was more clearly marked for older teens, it would have been better, but it was a fantastic book with a wonderfully creative plot.

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