For my paper for Russian literature, I will be writing about the theme of bureaucratic oppression of the common man. In particular, I am going to address and show how bureaucratic oppression of the common man has negative impacts on people. The specific negative impacts the paper will address will show how it leads to life depriving actions, life denying, and also murderous actions. The goal of the paper is to provide ample evidence in showing how negative bureaucratic oppression was on a person. The literature that will be used with the content of the essay will stem from Nikoli Gogal’s work, “The OverCoat”. I will the literature to compare and show how Akaky was specifically effected by the theme I am writing about. By the end of the essay, a
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When Akaky was promoted to a fifth class clerk, he was referred to another department. The quote that described how Akaky felt about the job is as followed: “Oh no, I would rather have something to copy instead” (Gogal 3). This quote really shows how Akaky was essestially brainwashed into thinking he is not good enough to do anything other than what he is destined to do. Additionally, though he was offered a promotion, it was nearly not as good as one would think a man with a substantial amount of work experience would get. Untimely, because of Akaky’s class level, he is not given the same fair path for success and growth than the rest of his work peers. Every morning, it was said that the low class clerks would walk to work every morning, the ninth class clerks would run as fast as they could to work in their threadbare overcoats (Gogal 4). This really brings the reality of the suffering of those of lower classes must face at times in the cold months. This is one of the oppression impacts that demonstrate how they do not have the quality of nice coats to keep them warm, thus an example of a life depriving
When Akaky was promoted to a fifth class clerk, he was referred to another department. The quote that described how Akaky felt about the job is as followed: “Oh no, I would rather have something to copy instead” (Gogal 3). This quote really shows how Akaky was essestially brainwashed into thinking he is not good enough to do anything other than what he is destined to do. Additionally, though he was offered a promotion, it was nearly not as good as one would think a man with a substantial amount of work experience would get. Untimely, because of Akaky’s class level, he is not given the same fair path for success and growth than the rest of his work peers. Every morning, it was said that the low class clerks would walk to work every morning, the ninth class clerks would run as fast as they could to work in their threadbare overcoats (Gogal 4). This really brings the reality of the suffering of those of lower classes must face at times in the cold months. This is one of the oppression impacts that demonstrate how they do not have the quality of nice coats to keep them warm, thus an example of a life depriving