Akaky Akakyevitch Bashmatchkin is the protagonist in the short story titled The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol His first name was the same as his fathers his middle names means son of Akaky and his last name was somehow derived from the word shoe His father was a copy clerk and now Akaky is a copier by profession and so as in his name he was meant to be a copy of his father meant to walk in his fathers shoes This goes with theme of the story which is copying or imitation This storys setting is in th
The Overcoat I found the story of The Overcoat to be the most entertaining story we have read thus far The main character is a very poor government employee who is in desperate need of a good overcoat to survive the very harsh winters of Russia It tells a story about how far someone will go and how much they will sacrifice to get the thing s they know they need It also tells of how people are changed after they get the thing s that they need The main character Akaky Akakievich was an underappre