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A 3 page paper which examines the self centered narcissistic nature of the narrators in Dostoevsky’s Notes From the Underground and Albert Camus’ The Stranger. No additional sources cited.
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narrator who is incredibly self absorbed. They are ultimately very narcissistic and ultimately individuals who believe that nothing is of real importance. This is perhaps because they are so self-absorbed
in their own agony, or attempts at discovery. The following paper examines this self centered nature of the two narrators within the stories. Notes From the Underground and
The Stranger In both stories it becomes quite clear, right from the beginning, that the narrators are fully focused on their own thoughts, own interpretation of life, and their reality
more than anything else. They are also immediately individuals who are not necessarily likeable for one reason or another. For example, in The Stranger the narrator introduces himself by telling
the reader, "Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I dont know" (Camus 3). This essentially puts the reader in a position where they know this individual is so caught up
in their own world that the importance of a mother dying has little meaning. He quickly goes on to say how it is because he received a telegram and he
is unsure of the date, but in all honesty this does not ultimately change how the reader views the self centered nature of the narrator for he never really seems
concerned that his mother died. Likewise the narrator in Dostoevskys story is unlikable from the beginning, establishing his worth: "I AM A SICK MAN.... I am a spiteful man.
I am an unattractive man" He continues and tells the reader how he is sick but he will surely not go to a doctor: "I dont consult a doctor for
it, and never have, though I have a respect for medicine and doctors" (Dostoevsky 50). The reader sees him as incredibly arrogant. In many ways this changes, but yet his
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