What Was This Story About?

The Double was about a Councillor of the state who is considered lower nobility named Mr. Goliadkin.  Who one night on a crazy tirade over class issues sees his double.  His double later goes on to take his position at work and surpass all his relations with friends.  Mr. Goliadkin's crazy reasoning and thinking process pattern within this novel imply that he is crazy.  He barley if ever finishes his thoughts.  As well the thoughts that he has are derived from paranoia upon could be false pretenses.  If I were a doctor I would call it Bipolar Schizophrenia.  The author trivially portrays the inner workings of the mind and the point at which it becomes crazy.  The line between sanity becomes thin in this novel as you don't know the reality of the situation, given it is from his perspective.  The idealism of pacing or maniacally running due to thought processing and constant forgetfulness portrays the man as insane.  As well the end is a twist, as he receives more attention and respect from being crazy than it seems he did before.  Altogether everything in his life falls, due to his unspoken love for Olsufy Ivanovich in a sense, drives him mad because her class places her above him.