"This is a Prison Break from the innate brainwashing of morality." "Over happiness, I choose the freedom of my soul."

the Intention itself, of wanting to break the laws of social psychology, is so, unbelievably admirable to me as a person who has always felt trapped, and cursed by their environment. so having a character who's sole philosophy is to Break that social nature, feels like a dish catered to all my favorite tastes handed to me on a silver platter

whats so Interesting about gogol, is his perception of the journey towards Free Will

I initially assumed, freedom would mean the ability to govern the self in accordance to one’s wants. In other words, like a form of indulgence. but Gogol thinks free will is having the ability to go Against what one desires. He's so understanding on the effects of emotional and personal wants, he ends up on the other side of it, in the name of free will.

but, as i said before, it's unclear to me whether he ignores this abominable truth out of self preservation, or out of plain ignorance, but- the possibility of achieving that absolute freedom, would be gone the moment that desire for it was born. it destroys his own logic. do you understand?

one of my favorite things that his character has done, is the subtle reference to the books the real Nikolai Gogol wrote.

Nikolai being at the center of turning the government against the Armed Detective Agency, the organization that was once called the Heart of the country. It becomes clearer what exactly this role of Gogol's was supposed to represent. (Asagiri does this with Fyodor as well, but that's another thing. see: The Dream of a Ridiculous Man)

The Overcoat, and The Nose, are both books from the author that, whilst seeming intentionally satirical, tell a corresponding story: How quickly the government bureaucracy can turn on people they no longer see a place for.