Dostoyevsky denied that the similarities were intentional. The liberal press declared the story a low parody of the fate of the Russian socialist writer Nikolai Chernyshevsky, who wrote his novel What Is to Be Done? and numerous letters while confined in Peter and Paul Fortress. As the story ends Elena Ivanovna is contemplating divorce and Ivan Matveich resolves to carry on his work as a civil servant as best he can from inside the crocodile. The plot ofthe short story 'The Crocodile,' as is known, precisely through the fantastic nature of the story and the elements ofthe absurd in it. and preaching socialist theories from within the crocodiles belly. 124 The Dostoevsky Journal: An Independent Review ofmeaning, is turned as 'an active expression ofevaluation in two directions - to the listenerand to the subjectofthe utterance - the hero.,2. Ivan Matveich urges the narrator to arrange for the crocodile to be purchased and cut open, but the owner asks so much for it that nothing is done. Dostoevsky is best known for his understanding of the dark side of human nature. He finds the inside of the crocodile to be quite comfortable, and the animal's owner refuses to allow it to be cut open, in spite of the pleas from Elena Ivanovna. After teasing the crocodile, Ivan Matveich is swallowed alive. The story relates the events that befall one Ivan Matveich when he, his wife Elena Ivanovna, and the narrator visit the Arcade to see a crocodile that has been put on display by a German entrepreneur. This work by the great Russian bard is an unusual but amusing tale about a man swallowed by a crocodile with a serious message about economics and communism. The Crocodile is a classic Russian short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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