The narrorator's preseption of Maxim Maximych and Pechorin change over the course of the reading. At first the narrorator has a good view of Maxim and thinks that he is an expereinced older soldier with many stories of the sort that the narrorator is looking for. After he meets Pechorin the view of Maxim changes and he becomes a sad pityful character in the eyes of the narrorator. Pechorin is admired by the narrorator initialy but later is seen as a cold character towards the end of the story.