The writer tells of two incidents in his personal life-encounters with an officer and a prostitute-that were important to him. He does say that it's simply a literary device and that it is simply easier for him to write in this fashion. All the while, he insists that he never intends for anyone to read the notes, but writes as if he's writing to an audience. This fictitious author often makes a particular point, then argues as if the reader were submitting objections, then answers. He does, however, note that such a person must exist because the current social climate is such that there's no way he couldn't exist. Fyodor Dostoevsky makes a note at the beginning of the book that the notes and the writer are fictional. He then turns to some events in his own life. Notes from the Underground is a self-portrait of a man who calls himself an "antihero." He is never named but writes in first person his views on several issues ranging from free will to man's ability to make intelligent decisions.
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