The Parallel of Alexandra's Letter: Analyzing Netochka Nezvanova Anonymous College

In the unfinished novel Netochka Nezvanova, Fyodor Dostoevsky portrays Alexandra’s letter from her former lover S.O. as a parallel for little Netochka and Katya’s relationship/friendship. It is perhaps nclear what a 19th century Russian author intended by this arrangement; nonetheless, this relationship whether romantic or not is seen similar to the relationship of Alexandra and her former lover S.O. These similarities are seen in three ways; first by the fact that both S.O. and Netochkas first reaction to the other was recognizing their beauty, then the fact that both were lower class compared to the two sisters (Alexandra and Katya), by the fact both relationships end by other people and lastly by Netochkas response to it all, the only one that knows fully their two stories.

In the early passages of Alexandras ‘love letter,’ S.O. writes as he is exclaiming his love to Alexandra but also he is wishing her goodbye because others force them apart. S.O. starts out by saying that in the beginning he did not love Alexandra but rather just thought she was attractive. S.O. speaks of this in his letter by saying to her; “Do you know how I understood you at first? Passion consumed me like fire, flowing like poison through my blood,...