Dostoevsky's "The Gambler " As A Reflection Of Myself. Personal comparison

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…way I do. Alexei's passion's in life- writing, gambling, and Paulina- are similar to my own. I also challenge the social hierarchy in much the same way that he did. As it turns out, people from different ethnic, social, and religious backgrounds are not as different as some people would like to think. A tutor from 1860's Russia can be similar, in many respects, to a middle class white adolescent in America some 130+ years later.