Part 5

        Although Raskolnikov was always against Luzhin becoming part of the family, I always thought that Luzhin was a normal man who fell in love with Raskolnikovs sister, Dunya. Since Raskolnikov is not the most mentally stable person and usually over reacts and thinks any situation, I thought that he could have been doing the same about Luzhin and Dunya's marriage. In the beginning of Part 5 we are finally exposed to Luzhins true character. He is extremely upset at Raskolnikov for ruining the marriage, and is even more upset about all the money he lost in the house and furniture that he purchased for Dunya. At the end of the day, all Luzhin did care about was money. Luzhin even results to think that money could have saved the relationship. Once the marriage is ruined he thinks to himself that he could have saved the relationship if he had bought Dunya and her mother more gifts, which is probably not the case. Luzhin seeks to get his revenge, and slips money into Sonyas pocket in efforts to embarrass her along with Raskolnikov. He is immediately caught and his plans are ruined. He decides to leave the funeral, which I think is the last that we will see of Luzhin.
           I was not at all surprised when Raskolnikov decided to tell Sonya that he was the murderer; I was surprised at her reaction. In the previous chapter she acted so afraid and awkward whenever she was around him, so I thought that once she knew the truth she would possibly freak out and go tell the police. Instead, she decides to assure him of her support. She tells Raskolnikov that once he confesses the truth he will feel a lot better about himself and will finally be able to have a clear conscious. Raskolnikov obviously wants to return to his normal life, but he is too much of a coward to tell the truth. She tries to make him feel better by telling him that she will visit him in prison whenever she can, but Raskolnikov seems to get upset by her plans. Raskolnikov still believes that he is superior everyone else around him and hopes to find a way to prove it to everyone around him. This attitude Raskolnikov has reminds me of the underground man and his stories. They both have he same belief that they are superior to those in their society, yet the feel that they can not prove it because they do not act the same as those who are considered the "intellectual" man.