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Dead Souls
by Nikolai Gogol
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow
How can I start writing about the feelings this book made me experience?
Thanks to the introduction I could understand many things about the author, about his life, the way he thought and looked at himself, how little he saw himself as worthy of doing anything. When in reality he was a great inspiration of many iconic authors, like Dostoevsky, I could see a great quantity of references of his work, like crime and punishment and even the brothers Karamazov.
His mentor whom he had so much respect for, and whom have him the inspiration to write this story was Pushkin, (this one hurts💔 especially bc they broke their friendship so suddenly) I could see many references dedicated to him, who died before Gogol even started writing the second part of dead souls.
On Part II, chapter I there’s a quote who stuck with me: “(…) his extraordinary mentor had died too soon, that now there was no one in the whole world who had the power to rouse his forces”.
This was a great way of portraying his struggles when he was writing and trying to finish part II, it was really sad that he never saw any of his work or himself as someone who was good enough to do anything, truly heartbreaking.
How can I start writing about the feelings this book made me experience?
Thanks to the introduction I could understand many things about the author, about his life, the way he thought and looked at himself, how little he saw himself as worthy of doing anything. When in reality he was a great inspiration of many iconic authors, like Dostoevsky, I could see a great quantity of references of his work, like crime and punishment and even the brothers Karamazov.
His mentor whom he had so much respect for, and whom have him the inspiration to write this story was Pushkin, (this one hurts💔 especially bc they broke their friendship so suddenly) I could see many references dedicated to him, who died before Gogol even started writing the second part of dead souls.
On Part II, chapter I there’s a quote who stuck with me: “(…) his extraordinary mentor had died too soon, that now there was no one in the whole world who had the power to rouse his forces”.
This was a great way of portraying his struggles when he was writing and trying to finish part II, it was really sad that he never saw any of his work or himself as someone who was good enough to do anything, truly heartbreaking.