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svp [43]
3 years ago
12

In "The Nose," Nikolai Gogol comments on the role of a person's title in Russian society. What commentaryis Gogol making by repe

atedly using the terms "committee­man" and "major" in his narrative? Be sure to usespecific details from the story to support your argument. (15 points)
English
1 answer:
Phantasy [73]3 years ago
8 0

Kovalf was a committee-man. He had been one for two years and he couldn't take that out of his own head. This only shows how much the Russian society used to value their titles back then and this might actually be true today.

Kovalf could never forget that he was once a committee-man, therefore to boost his own importance, even to himself, he started calling himself "Major".


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