Part 4: chapter 4-6 and part 5 chapter 1 - 2

Wendell Pfeffer

1/2/14

            Luzhin finally demonstrates his true character to not only Raskolnikov, but to everyone including Dunia. Luzhin thought that he was in command due to the extraordinary amounts of money he possesses but that doesn’t seem to be the case. After it became evident how bad of a man he truly was Dunia flat out canceled the marriage and rejected him. Luzhin was left particularly astonished because he never would have thought that she would leave him. I personally am glad that this happened because I wouldn’t want such a good looking and nice girl like Dunia to marry some rich arrogant business owner. In addition she shares no similarities to Luzhin the only thing she was attracted to was her money. The reason he acted out was because he thought he wasn’t getting the attention he thought he deserved. He never loved Dunia he just wanted a girl that was poor so that the girl will remain forever in debt to him and he thought Dunia was perfect. Now that he lost her he is left to ponder, blame Raskolnikov for what has happened and regret why he ever acted out in such a bizarre manner. Aside from that everything seems to be looking good because Dunia didn’t even need Luzhins money in the first place because she was going to be given a thousand rubles if I’m correct from someone’s inheritance. However, things don’t seem to be looking so great for Raskolnikov. His mind is restless now that he knows people are suspicious of him, he fears for his freedom. When Dunia discusses plans for the future he leaves and tells them he is never coming back and when he leaves Razumkhin chases after him and he tells him the truth that he was the one who did it. I don’t know why he would tell Razumkhin that I would have invented some bullshit excuse to why I was leaving, it just increases his risk and instead of leaving he goes and sees Sonia whom I just learned is a friend of Lizaveta. He visited her because he wanted a companion when he left and there’s no better companion then a woman beside you. But I still think it was a bad idea on his part to visit her because like I said earlier with Razumkhin it just creates more suspicion. Also I don’t see why Raskolnikov says he is going to leave when he goes and visits Sonia and then goes to the police station to see Porfiry, if I were in his situation I would have disappeared a long time ago. When he goes and visits Porfiry I was amazed how he didn’t confess he committed the murder. Porfiry was tormenting his mind with nonsense and never seemed to get to the point. He was playing with Raskolnikovs mind, but it was still not good enough for him to confess his crime. The part that astounded me in this chapter was when another man named Nikolay admitted to committing the murder when it was Raskolnikov who did it. This part makes no sense to me because why would he admit to killing Lizaveta and the pawnbroker? Does this also mean that Raskolnikov is off the hook, is he even going to get punished physically or is the punishment side of the book his mental anguish?