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Medji and Fidèle
The section chief is one of Poprishchin’s managers. The section chief is critical of Poprishchin’s behavior and professionalism, pointing out Poprishchin’s lack of career advancement despite being forty years old. The section chief is also off put by Poprishchin’s infatuation with the boss’s daughter, Sophie, and brings attention to the class disparity between them. The section’s chief criticism of Poprishchin’s behavior is one of the only external insights into Poprishchin’s character. His descriptions illustrate Poprishchin’s professional failures, indicating that despite Poprishchin’s lofty opinion of himself, he is actually an unproductive and inept worker.
The Section Chief Quotes in The Diary of a Madman
The The Diary of a Madman quotes below are all either spoken by The Section Chief or refer to The Section Chief. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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November 6
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“You’re over forty— it’s time you got smart. What are you dreaming of? Do you think I don’t know all your pranks? You’re dangling after the director’s daughter! Well, take a look at yourself, only think, what are you? You’re a zero, nothing more. You haven’t got a kopeck to your name.”
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I see why he’s angry with me. He’s jealous. Maybe he saw the signs of benevolence preferentially bestowed on me… Wait, friend! we, too, will become a colonel and, God willing, maybe something even higher. We’ll get ourselves a reputation even better than yours.
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The Section Chief Quotes in The Diary of a Madman
The The Diary of a Madman quotes below are all either spoken by The Section Chief or refer to The Section Chief. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
November 6
Quotes
“You’re over forty— it’s time you got smart. What are you dreaming of? Do you think I don’t know all your pranks? You’re dangling after the director’s daughter! Well, take a look at yourself, only think, what are you? You’re a zero, nothing more. You haven’t got a kopeck to your name.”
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I see why he’s angry with me. He’s jealous. Maybe he saw the signs of benevolence preferentially bestowed on me… Wait, friend! we, too, will become a colonel and, God willing, maybe something even higher. We’ll get ourselves a reputation even better than yours.
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