Notes From The Underground: Underground Man In Notes from the Underground the main character is gradually developing throughout the novel. He begins as a confusing, hard to understand man and ends up with many good, rational ideas. You begin to see that he is more intelligent than he wants you to believe. One scene in particular that is a good example of his development is when he’s speaking about how life could never be completely perfect. His perspective of life and people is greatly exposed through this piece of writing. He goes into great depth explaining how life would be if everyone were enligh