What was the story about?

The story of the double was about a man and his struggle to free himself from mental illness. He goes to a doctor to receive help and in the end gets the help he needs. The hero, often referred to as Mr. Goliandkin Sr. I believe was actually the alter ego of Mr. Goliandkin Jr.

Mr. G Jr. who is like and very successful is actually the true personality and receives his freedom of the senior form at the end once he relinquishes control of to Dr. Ivanovich. I believe through out the story everyone can see that Mr. G Jr. Is very gifted and well liked and falls into these states from time to time when he was drunk. Once he was able to see he had a problem and surrender it to the doctor he gained his freedom.

In a sense his alter ego was a hero because it allowed the Mr. G Jr. to humble himself and overcome his weaknesses. This actually made him a better person and so by helping Mr. G Jr. become better he was a hero of sorts.