The passage begins with the narrator’s description of Akakiy as someone whose arrival in the department no one can remember. How
does this description contribute to the passage as a whole? Question 1 options: It highlights the incompetence of the other workers in Akakiy’s department. It casts doubt on the sympathy that some of Akakiy’s colleagues appear to show him. It calls into question the motives of the people who hired Akakiy. It establishes the lack of connection between Akakiy and his colleagues.
<em>It establishes the lack of connection between Akakiy and his colleagues</em>. This is the contribution the narrator's description makes.
Akaky Akakievich , the main character from a tale by Nikola Gogol, is bound to have a mediocre life. He leads a boring life. He has no interests and he only cares about his copy work. At work , he does not pay any attention to the other clerks, who make fun of him because of his strange personality.
The bitter irony is that the people who perhaps most need and deserve to forgive themselves cannot. The necessary reflection and acknowledgment can be very difficult, because some people are burdened by forms of self-deception. Self-deception makes it difficult to identify when self-forgiveness is appropriate.
