Part 5 Chapter 2, 3, 4

Wendell Pfeffer

1/9/14

Crime and Punishment

            Luzhins continues to think about the break he and Dunia just recently had with each other. He continues to ask himself why this ever happened and if he had been a little bit more generous by giving a few more gifts then the break would have never happened. The problem with Luzhin about this break is not love but the fact that he needs her more than she needs him. He thought that the innumerable amounts of money he has would let him get away with anything. He thought that he could command Dunia while making her feel indebted towards him, but that didn’t seem to be the case. Another thing that bothers Luzhin about the marriage is the money that he lost in the process. He bought furniture and even gave money to Dunia’s family, which bothers him because his money is more important to him than anything else. Even after the break he continues to show how much of a bad person he is. When Luzhin invited Sonia to his room he had more money than Dunia could even think of having on his table. Out of sorrow he gave her ten rubles and managed to slip one hundred rubles into her pocket without her noticing. However, Mr. Lebezyatnikov noticed but at the time he thought he was doing it out of kindness and thus saluted him for it. Well it turned out that Luzhin was just planning on tormenting the poor girl by accusing her of stealing the one hundred rubles off the table full of money. Thankfully Mr. Lebezyatnikov showed up to the funeral to aid Sonia from the accusation. He said that he would take an oath at court and do everything possible to prevent Sonia from being thrown in jail. Then Raskolnikov comes into the argument and aids Sonia by stating what had recently happened with him and his sister. He said that the reason he was doing this was to get back with his sister. It just boggles my mind why any man would ever do such a thing. I mean accusing a girl that has absolutely nothing and has gone through so much in the past just get to by is terrible. After though the incident at the funeral Raskolnikov goes and enters the room of Sonia and confesses to her that he was the one that committed the murder. Surprisingly, she was not angry and came to his aid. She thought that the reason he committed the murders was because he abandoned religion, which I think is wrong. I believe that Raskolnikov thought that it was okay to kill her at the time because she did not support the greater good. She only thought about herself like Luzhin does and thus thought that she deserved to die. Why would he even tell her that he killed the pawn lady and Lizaveta, I mean he could be a free man. The other man confessed to the killings why should he then if he knows now that he will not get into trouble with the law.