Overview

All of the following posts are interoperated from the Russian novel “A Hero of our Time” written by Mikhail Lermontov. These are the events that transpire in the timeline of Princess Mary from the eyes of Grushnitsky. These events start at the beginning of the section and end when Grushnitsky dies. Grushnitsky is a Russian army greatcoat who he wears his status with great pride. At the beginning of the section Grushnitsky falls in love with the Princess Mary. He is entranced with her beauty and her charm. He sets out on numerous occasions to woo the princess. For the first while this works well for Grushnitsky but after a while he begins to bore her with his repitition. Then Pechorin steps into the Princess's life in a large way and she falls in love with him. This sends Grushnitsky down a path towards Pechorin’s “Superfluous man” personality. The rest of the section focuses on Grushnitsky’s "fall" into becoming this superfluous man and the mesures he goes to extract revenge on Pechorin.

June 5th

The ball tonight was an absolute disaster. That slimy coward Pechorin ruined it all, every last bit of it. It all started early in the night when Mary was rejecting my presence. “Princess you’re tormenting me,” I told her “You’ve changed a lot since I last saw you.”(111)  She rejected me again that she disliked my repetition and that she thought my greatcoat served me much better. This is the point where Pechorin had to interrupt and tell and tell me that I looked “more boyish than ever.” (111) That whole evening I attempted pressured her; on more than one occasion I tried to dance with her and I even presented her with many pleas and reproaches. What I got was more hatred. What had happened? All of a sudden she hated me with a passion and for no reason what so ever.
It was that slime Pechorin I tell you. She even was dancing the mazurka with him.  I couldn’t believe it; just days after Pechorin showed no interest in her he was steeling Mary away from me. I wouldn’t stand for this. Later that night I formed a pact with the dragoon leader and other men at the ball. We picked Mary every time during the mazurka not allowing for Pechorin to have his way. It’s time that rich, materialistic coward learned his lesson that he can’t just take things from other people. I’m going to teach this man this lesson even if it requires great force.

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