"The Overcoat" tells the story of a man who basically is defined by his overcoat. In the beginning of the story he is teased by his co-workers for his ratty old overcoat. When he finally decides to get a new one he becomes a different person inside and out. After leaving a party he is robbed of his new coat, which causes him to lose himself. In this story, it was as though Akakiy was allowing the overcoat to be more than something to keep him warm. He looked at it as more of a way to show his identity and what type of person he was. With his original coat, he was picked on and not really respected, but that all changed when his new coat was made. The fact that it took so much to get the new overcoat probably made it more special, but the person he transformed into was quite different. He began to feel like he was a part of society and no longer made fun of. However, when his coat was stolen and he was in need of help, no one was there for him. He lost that feeling of acceptance when people turned their backs on him. His identity was taken right along with the coat and it ended up killing him. When he became a ghost and started to seek his revenge, he somewhat gained that sense of self back, but it never got him the one thing that he wanted back, which was his overcoat.
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