# Fear and Paranoia in The Inspector General

> Theme guide for The Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol.

The officials' immediate panic upon hearing of an inspector's arrival drives them to absurd lengths, and their collective paranoia blinds them to Khlestakov's obvious incompetence and lies.

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