Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Notes from Underground: Flashbacks 1 key example

Key Examples in Notes from Underground

Part 1, Chapter 1
Explanation and Analysis—The Man's Past:

The entirety of Part 2 of Notes from Underground is a flashback. It details the events that led the narrator to live underground and the dissatisfaction he had with living in society, contextualizing the experiences that influenced his opinions on human nature and consciousness that he wrote about in Part 1.