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In Gogol's story "The Nose," a character loses his nose. He worries that
without a nose he will not be able to get what he wants. When he tries to
place an ad in a newspaper to find the nose, the editor refuses because it
would make the newspaper look bad. How could this be interpreted as a
statement on Russian society at the time?

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From this we can conclude that the Russians were overly concerned with appearances.

Explanation:

Nikolai Gogol was one of the key figures of the 19th-century Russian literature. His works include plays and stories, one of which a short satirical story with elements of surrealism and grotesque called "The Nose", written between 1835 and 1836.

The options you were given are the following:

  • Russians were not particularly practical.
  • Russians were overly concerned with appearances.
  • Russians got too many of their ideas from newspapers.
  • Russians cared too much for politics.

"The Nose" tells the story of Collegiate Assessor ('Major') Kovalyov - an official from St. Petersburg, whose nose leaves his face, starts living a life of its own and even surpasses Kovalyov by attaining a higher rank. This disturbs Kovalyov, who is worried about the way his lack of a nose is going to affect his position in society. Even newspapers refuse to write about his misfortune, as such a case would, with no doubt, make the newspaper look bad. Based on this, we can conclude that the Russians were overly concerned with appearances.

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