Actions

In Part 1, the Underground Man talks about how he believes he is a man of acute consciousness. He over thinks everything. He is constantly thinking about every situation and every single thing that could happen in it. Before he even bumped into the soldier, he spent weeks and weeks debating whether he should do it, and how, and what he should wear when he does it and so on. He talks about how active men just do, and they don’t stop to think about their actions. On the other hand, he over thinks everything, which makes him a man of acute consciousness. Underground Man goes to a dinner party of an old school friend who he actually hates. He invites himself in the first place just to express his free will that he will go to a dinner party of an enemy and also where no one wants you there. During dinner, he was so mad because everyone insulted him by bashing his income and clothes. He explodes and yells at them, but continues to follow them to a brothel. On his way there, he thinks about how he will slap Zverkov. He thinks of every possibility that could occur in the situation. It seems that he has proved his earlier claims with these examples because all he does is just sit there and think about certain actions. Only the one time with the officer did he ever actually do anything.

Rooster

In True Grit, Mattie Ross’ father is killed and she goes on a journey to try and avenge her father. She comes across a man named Rooster, a ruthless marshal that catches criminals in the Indian Territory. That is where the man that killed her father ran off to. The first time we see Rooster, he is taking in a large group of criminals and kicks the slackers in back. He forces them into the jailhouse. Mattie runs after him, and he hears her and looks at her but then just slams the door in her face. Right off the bat, we see he is very rude.
He is older, bulky, and wears an eyepatch. He is not attractive and doesn’t look like a hero. In court, he admits to either killing or shooting 23 people in just four years. He is sarcastic to the lawyers and doesn’t give very straight answers. He doesn’t regret killing people and always says that it is in self defense. Finally when Mattie talks to him, the only reason he agrees to help her is the fact that he will get money and that the man that killed Mr. Ross is in cahoots with one of Rooster’s enemies, who he has been trying to catch. The reasons he has for helping other people are always selfish and only for his own benefit.

Underground Man

From the first two chapters, I don’t think too highly of the Underground Man. He seems very stubborn and spiteful for now reason. He talks about how he has a liver problem but won’t go and get anything done about it even though the only person it is hurting is himself. He says that he is a mean man and that there is nothing attractive about him. He is educated and respects medicine. He used to be in government service and describes himself as rude and nasty. He entered service only to eat, and when a relative died he resigned out of service because he got some money. He keeps contradicting himself, and after he says that he was nasty he says that he was lying and that he could never be truly nasty. He is really confusing to listen to. I don’t even think he knows who he is himself. He says that he can never become anything, even though he is very intelligent. Although he may have been wicked, he says he was always aware of everything opposite of it. Good was inside of him, but he would never let it out. The Underground Man says that he is very conscious and is aware of the good and right actions, but can’t help himself and always makes the wrong one and that’s why he is wicked.