One thing that stuck with me from this reading is from page 2 of "The Overcoat." Akakiy is said to have "shuttered at seeing how much inhumanity there is in man, how much savage coarseness is concealed beneath delicate, refined worldliness, and even, O God! In that man whom the world acknowledges as honorable and noble." Yet, even though he realizes all of these things he is so content with life! It is said about him that, "enjoyment was written on his face" and how I hope that someone could say that about me! He worked "like a horse in a mill" and still he is happy with his work! I hope to be like Akakiy one day, in this way.
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