Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The House Of The Dead

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upon
further review, it seems to be more an account of Dostoyevsky's personality and
attitudes through these years. In his first year in prison, Dostoyevsky “found
myself hating these fellow-sufferers of mine.” (305) His first day in prison,
several convicts approached him, a member of the noble class and no doubt very
wealthy in the convicts' eyes, and asked him for money four times each; and
each refusal seemed to bring more convicts. He quickly grew to spite these
people, for they thought him to be an idiot, unable to remember that the very
same convict had approached him for money not fifteen minutes earlier. (67-8)
But, Dostoyevsky makes a startling realization at the end of this first year, a
discovery which allows him to drastically alter his personality: “...the
convicts lived here not as if this were their home, but as some wayside inn, en
route somewhere.” (303) this concept is followed by Dostoyevsky's realization
that he wanted, unlike many other convicts in the camp, ...

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