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I read The Overcoat yesterday. Made me think quite a bit. All day long today I ruminated over this tale trying to come to grips with it. "We all come out of Gogols Overcoat" is a famous quote used by many Russian writers.
The Overcoat both changed and ruined his life. Does the Overcoat represent his shattered dreams? Pride? A self image built on other peoples expectations? The loss of the Overcoat.. Represents the stripping away of pretensions? A restoration of the true self? hmm.. Broken dreams?
I highly reccomend this story. It will make you think alot.
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