However, cynicism has prevailed over his thoughts, making him become disenchanted with this loftiness and beauty of his thoughts. He shows how he used to act upon the ideas he used to harbor in his mind to reach the stage of maturity from his romantic idealism to practicality and pragmatism. The second part “Apropos of the Wet Snow” starts with the events from the life of the man when he was just 24. With these thoughts, the first part of the narrative comes to an end. Although he understands his bizarre behavior, he does not take pride in it rather he feels disgusted at it, thinking that he is unable to become anything except what he is. He goes on to think that has started enjoying his pains and developing a capacity to take pleasure even in toothache, headache, or any other such pain. He forms his own opinion about utilitarianism, saying that the actions of doing nasty things are the main expression of the use of this free will. Slowly, this underground man comes to the point that he hates utilitarianism, thinking that it is not man’s primary purpose of living a good life rather, the main purpose of his life is to use the free will that he thinks is of prime significance. Disillusioned with his theories, he appreciates the idea of subline but is unaware of its abstraction. He starts narrating the events after expressing his disgust about himself, ruminating that his intellectual capacity and his excessive reading have caused this destruction of his mental thinking, taking it as the main reason for the ruination of all intelligent people. It serves the purpose of an explanatory note regarding his thinking about the world. The first part of the story “Underground” shows him having crossed forty years. After having some inheritance, he starts writing his reflections about his life, his environment, his attitude toward modern society, and interpretations and explanations of his actions. Petersburg, where the narrator is living a retired life with bitter memories. The story is set in the Russian town of St.

Dostoevsky letters from the underworld