Journal Sixteen - 2/7/08

Dmitry, is in trouble once again and in need of 3000 roubles. When his plan A fails he goes to Madame Khokhlakov's to ask for 3000 roubles. This is very funny because Dmitry barley knows Madame Khokhlakov and furthermore Madame Khokhlakov does not even like Dmitry. So it is entirely absurd to think that Madame Khokhlakov would even lend him any amount of money.

Moving on, Dmitry asks anyway. Ironically, it would seem, she agrees to lend him the 3000 roubles. Even more, it seems she has devised a plan that would make him financially stable. She even tells him that he should go to work in mine as thats where most make good money. She also tells him that she can give him more roubles than he asked for. Dmitry is greatly please by this. He demands that he be given the money that day, even.

When Dmitry demands the money Madame Khoklakov sounds very confused and asks Dmitry what money he is talking about! This scene is very comical because she seems as though all the things she mentioned to Dmitry prior to this, she cannot remember or understand. She tells Dmitry he has lost it, she even goes so far as to say she does have any money. Dmitry is back at square one!

The reason this scence is extremely funny is because Dmitry actually believes that a lady he does not know or a lady the does not even like him would lend him any amount of money. Furthermore, the Madame leads him to believe, raises his hopes, and then shoots him down. Thus putting him back at the beginning of his troubles.