While the Underground Man tries to live authentically through railing against determinism, Meursault refuses to conform to the societal expectations of his behaviour. It was impossible to humiliate myself more shamelessly or more willingly” (Dostoyevsky 55). Revealing his torment, he exclaimed “These filthiest, most absurd, and horrendous moments of my entire life. He knows that the longer he stayed, the worse the situation got, and the deeper it burned itself into his memory, yet he still refused to leave. At the party he upsets all his friends, deeply offending them and causing himself mental anguish as he was exiled from the group. The more tactless, the more indecent it was for me to go, the more certain I’d be to do it” (Dostoyevsky 46). The Underground Man decides to demonstrate his free will by forcing himself into the affair, knowing the definite awkwardness it would cause.
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