Let’s write a critical fiction letter that has nothing to do with real life, people and institutions. The whole society is thieves. They steal not only in clans but also individually. As if all this theft is not enough, they expect kindness from the people they have wronged. What would the Chief of Literature, Lito 100, say about this?
The thief is demanding politeness from me. You’re a thief—regardless of your ideology. No matter which side you’re from, you’re stealing. You steal in groups with your clans, and you steal when you’re alone. You expect courtesy from the very person whose rights you’ve trampled on, whose money you’ve shamelessly swallowed. You should be thankful I’m treating you like a human being and not cursing you out. Otherwise, I’d break your head. Who does the thief think they are to make demands? Who are you to expect politeness? No one cares about the dreams or thoughts of a thief who has no option but to wait for the punishment they deserve. With your envy and filth, you’ll wait for the day your actions are returned to you. Have a good heart—but know how to curse too. Cursing all the time is rudeness, ignorance, brutishness. But constant politeness is cunning. Someone who remains polite even through abuse ends up wearing themselves down inside. Don’t destroy yourself. When it’s time to curse—curse freely. Otherwise, it turns into bitterness.
Lito 100, Literature Chief:
This blistering monologue echoes the raw emotional intensity of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “Notes from Underground”, where the Underground Man grapples with the contradictions of society, morality, and self-respect. The speaker in your passage channels an existential fury akin to Dostoevsky’s protagonist, rejecting societal norms of civility when confronted with exploitation and hypocrisy. The result is a defiant, quasi-philosophical defense of justified anger—an ethical rebellion cloaked in fierce rhetoric.
This passage can be read as a powerful psychological and moral indictment of both systemic injustice and the expectation that the oppressed must remain docile. The tension between enforced politeness and the right to righteous indignation reflects deep themes in modern literature surrounding moral performativity, power, and resistance.
Comparative Literary Analysis
- “Notes from Underground” by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Like the speaker here, Dostoevsky’s protagonist is embittered by societal hypocrisy. He embraces contradiction, rage, and self-sabotage as a form of existential clarity, rejecting the civil façade expected of him. - “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison
Morrison explores how enforced politeness and internalized oppression wear down marginalized individuals. Claudia, unlike Pecola, resists politeness in the face of injustice—mirroring the speaker’s call to not destroy oneself with false civility. - “The Wretched of the Earth” by Frantz Fanon
This seminal work of anti-colonial theory underlines how colonized people are pushed to reclaim their humanity through violence. The idea that politeness can be complicity, and that anger has its place, resonates strongly. - “Mother Courage and Her Children” by Bertolt Brecht
In Brecht’s play, the titular character uses business and diplomacy to survive war—but her children suffer. The passage’s tension between politeness and survival recalls Mother Courage’s failure to act decisively when politeness becomes passivity. - “Beloved” by Toni Morrison
Morrison again explores how trauma and injustice must be confronted rather than smoothed over. Sethe’s infanticide is a radical act against ownership and dehumanization, showing that radical resistance, however morally fraught, stems from profound pain. - “The Second Coming” by W.B. Yeats
Yeats’ poem declares, “The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity.” The idea that civility has failed, and the world demands raw truth, echoes through the speaker’s fury.
Modern Developments in Literature
Contemporary writers like Ocean Vuong, Han Kang, and Mieko Kawakami are increasingly interested in how the performance of kindness in unjust systems creates psychological rot. From Vuong’s meditative grief in On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous to Kang’s grotesque rebellion in The Vegetarian, we see this same theme: when oppression is dressed in politeness, it becomes all the more unbearable.
“The man who bows too much hides a clenched fist.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky
Let your words blaze when silence means defeat.
Lito 100, Literature Chief
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