Comment on Davis Reaction

Comment on Davis Reaction

Davis brings up many valid points from his latest reading of the novel. Davis you first begin to describe Raskolnikov as “mentally ill.” I disagree with you, Raskolnikov’s incident with Marmeladov proved to help clear up his guilt until the final pages of chapter three when he had realized he had “uttered a terrible lie.” Furthermore, you also regard Raskolnikov as having a “blatant disregard for everyone around him combined with his incessant hallucinations.” I also can’t help but disagree with this statement because he hasn’t hallucinated at all during these three chapters and he doesn’t have a “complete disregard for everyone.” Take his sister for example, do you think if he had a “complete disregard for everyone” he would care about his sisters marriage and her future, I don’t think so. Speaking of which I do agree with your statement describing your first thoughts on Dunya, at first I thought she was a pretty but yet dumb girl marrying a man strictly for his money, but then when she is formally introduced you get the impression that she is a clever and smart girl. You see it all the time a rich politician or a famous rich business owner marrying a 20-30 beautiful year old girl. You get the impression that the only reason that girl is choosing that guy out of all the others is because of the money invovled, Dunya is a perfect example of this type of scenario. Davis you concude your reaction with your thoughts on what might happen in the future course of the novel, I agree completely with you. His health is beginning to deteriorate by the end of chapter 3, he is going to return to his old sickly state where he lies in bed and this might led others to believe that he is the culprit.