Notes From Underground | Sample Essay Outlines

  • Topic #1: Is the narrator a man of action?
    I. Thesis statement: The narrator in Dostoevsky’s Notes From Underground claims he is not a man of action. He demonstrates this in many different ways throughout the novel. However, he does follow through on three important actions. Two of these he does as if he is blinded by them. But the third he does in complete consciousness. It is a vile act, one that sends him into complete isolation.

    II. The narrator defines himself as the opposite of a man of action.

    A. The narrator describes a man of...


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