In “The Nose” by Nikolai Gogol Kovalev finds himself too intimated to talk to the nose when it has a higher ranking than him. By making Kovalev intimidated by his own nose Gogol is making a political statement by making fun of the fact that citizens of his society were afraid of interacting with people in different social classes than them. Kovalev will not confront his nose because he notices the nose has more status than him. Even though Kovalev is confident in his ranking he will not talk to apart of himself that is considered high ranking. Kovalev thinks, “”What’s the best way of approaching it?” thought Kovalev . “Judging by its, uniform, hat, and its whole appearance, it must be a State Councilor. But I’m damned if I know how to
