I'm flustered. Poor Akakiy, he has nothing yet is so content at the same time. I envy that quality. The lengths he went to just to get a new coat sadden me because when was the last time we just skipped a meal to save money for something we desperately needed. For me, I have never had to go without and I certainly do not appreciate the finer things I do have like Akakiy did. This is probably my favorite reading so far because it applies to me the most. Gogol speaks of Akakiy saying, "it would be necessary to curtail his ordinary expenses, for the space of one year at least, to dispense with tea in the evening; to burn no candles, and, if there was anything which he must do, to go into his landlady's room, and work by her light". The lengths he had to go to for an overcoat that was a necessity astonishes me. I cannot imagine having to deprive myself of light to save money. In the end, his coat gets stolen and he dies. What??? I guess it makes the story a little better that he ends up with coat of the prominent personage.
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