Returning to his description of his life, he notes that he had no friends and was always alone, spending most of his time reading. He admits to satisfying his private desires in various "dens of vice."

The UM then describes an incident in a bar one night in which an army officer moved him away from a billiard table as though he were a piece of furniture. He said nothing to the man, but fostered deep seething resentment for this insult. He would run in to this same officer in the street, and try to stare him down, but would always end up stepping out of the way for him (the officer never recognized him). He writes the officer a long letter listing his grievances, but does not send it. Instead he decid es to meet the officer in the street and bump against him instead of stepping aside. The event, when it happens, is anticlimactic: he and the officer bump shoulders,

Lastly, the UM's delusions of grandeur further evidence his insecurity and obsession with being accepted by society. The officer comes to him and begs for acceptance. He has a flash of the "sublime" and wants to befriend his coworkers. He becomes a mil lionaire and donates all his money to various charities. Although these fantasies disgust him, he finds them to be "romantic" dreams which, despite his defense of the Russian Romantic in Chapter 1 of Part II, are pathetic to him. Here we find another de ep contradiction in the UM's character: he is disgusted by romanticism, and yet succumbs to romantic fantasies. He also scorns these visionary fantasies, but distrusts societal rules as well. The UM is never able to integrate these two dichotomies.

The notes end with the UM, back in his later state, offering his thoughts on the pathos of "real life" as compared to life in literature, but noting that he is proud of his decision to live in the emotional extremes of the real world rather be "average." A brief parenthetical note informs us that the Notes do not end here, that this "paradoxical fellow" wrote more, but that we may stop reading here.

In this final portion we see a reversal of the chain of abuse. Until now, we have seen countless examples of the UM being abused; now, we see that humiliation reflected onto Lisa.

One day, in the midst of one of his better moods, the UM decides to visit Simonov, his only friend from his school days. He did not have any other friends from school, having deliberately disassociated himself from what that painful period in his lif e. He expected Simonov to despise him, but this expectation only made him more intent on the visit. The chapter ends with him stepping into Simonov's apartment.

Throughout the Notes, we have seen the UM take out his aggression on himself to somehow satisfy his desire for revenge. In this section we see what is perhaps a more sinister example of his emotional dysfunction--since he is powerless with Zverkov and his friends, he seeks a position of power with Lisa. He humiliates her by pointing out the baseness of her profession, and elevates himself by trying to "save" her from her terrible fate.

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Approximate Word count = 2810
Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page double spaced)