Bureaucratic-Class Oppression

For my paper for Russian literature, I will be writing about the theme of bureaucratic and class oppression of the common man. In particular, the paper is going to aim at describing the negative impacts from the bureaucratic and class oppression of the common man. The specific negative impacts the paper will address will show how it leads to life deprivation and denial of general things in life. Also, the paper is going to show how being oppressed can lead to a decrease of confidence and a low feeling of self-worth With that said, the goal of the paper is to provide ample evidence showing just how negative bureaucratic and class oppression was on a person. The literature that will be used with the content of the essay will stem from Nikoli

Essentially, before the time Akaky was born, he was destined to be behind in life. If-fact, in the book, it said that during the christening, he was destined to be a ninth class clerk, and thus the reason his name was Akaky ( Gogal 2). This quote is setting the tone for the story and the foundation of Akaky’s life. Because he was the son of a ninth-class clerk, he was destined to be no more than that. Whereas, if he was born into a wealthy family, he would have more opportunities to advance in life. Moving on to the later part of gogal’s life, as a clerk, no one really remembers how and who helped him receive the job of the clerk. Because Akaky was a clerk, none of his peers seemed to appreciate what he did. A perfect quote for this is “In the office, not the slightest respect was shown him” (gogal 2). This quote really tells allot about the role and impact of the disrespect he got because of his low position he worked. I feel this represents what a typical bureaucratic and class oppression is because of how people treat Akaky at the workplace based on his job

Akaky had a very poor coat that was nearly worn down to the final thread. It was then when he decided that he must get a new coat. Eventually, he bought a new coat after giving up food for a few months in order to buy the overcoat. When, Akaky walked into the office with his new coat, everyone came up to him and began treating him drastically different in a positive way (Gogal 9). Analyzing this scenario, it appears that Akaky was being treated allot better because of the expensive and nice looking coat his now owns. This perfectly describes how bureaucratic and class oppression causes humans to look down upon those who are poor, or look poor for that matter. Before the acquisition of his new coat, Gogal portrayed Akaky as being deprived of the simple things in life, such as the niceness and kindness of his work peers. Those are things that people who were oppressed did not normally encounter because of their status in life. This shows that despite being equal human beings, it is untimely the price tag of the clothes we wear or what are status is in life is what gauges people on how to treat others, thus being oppressed because of not being of a higher class. Because Akaky is a lower class worker, he is treated like a low person and does not receive any niceness or benefits because of