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pg 22- on another note, reading this after crime and punishment it’s an intriguing explanation of why a murderer murders. why does a man assassinate, act from their passions, rather than conforming to the scientific tellings of privileges and advantages they already have? “independence”

when reading the beginning of this, i feel a sense of absurdity — the protagonist is insecure, cynical, mean, the embodiment of hate is what it seems. a few parts made me chuckle just of the blunt descriptions like feeling intense enjoyment when succeeding to make someone unhappy or “I tell you solemnly, that I have many times tried to become an insect.”

His notes are pessimistic and problematic