Ultimo análisis de este libro

Wendell Pfeffer

2/16/14

Final Reaction

Well Dostoyevsky’s masterpiece Crime and Punishment has finally come to an end. It was a good book that discussed the details that goes inside a mans head when he does something terrible. I use to think that the majority of those that commit crimes rid themselves of their guilt over time but that does not seem to be the case.  Usually a person that commits a crime and can sleep like a baby afterwards without feeling any remorse is a type of person that was born into the violent world where killing was a norm and a necessity for survival.

            I use to think that the only reason Raskolnikov killed the pawn lady and her sister was because he had a mental illness, but after some investigation I found out that he committed the crime solely because of his selfishness and hatred. He was running low on money and he needed to get a really good offer on the items he was going to pawn. Unfortunately, that did not seem to be the case; the landlady gave him a less than fair offer and even subtracted the little he owed her with the pawn.  Raskolnikov thus became enraged and rapidly came to the conclusion that she was stealing the people’s money of St. Petersburg and ultimately needed to be killed. He thought that she was harming society as a whole and with her gone society would dramatically become a better place.

            After Raskolnikov committed the crime not only was his notion completely wrong, but also the quality of his life went down immensely. He was not able to control himself and when he heard of anything that related to any killing he became pale. His behavior changed completely and even his physical features were also affected. When I was reading I would randomly become angry at Raskolnikov for acting so bizarre in front of others, especially in front of Porfiry. I know it sounds strange, but I actually hoped that he would act natural so that he wouldn’t get caught. I guess I just couldn’t handle the reactions of everyone after finding out that Raskolnikov was the true and guilty killer. Another thing that really boggled my mind was how in the world were people not suspicious of Raskolnikov in the beginning (excluding Porfiry). I guess a family member would never believe that a member of their family would do such a thing. Porfiry on the other hand is a brilliant detective that knew Raskolnikov was the potential killer right in the beginning. The way he was able to bring Raskolnikov under justice was just incredible. Raskolnikovs case was not easy at all; he was faced with a random man who by the looks of it admitted to committing the murders and had little to no evidence to put Raskolnikov behind bars. I thought it was a really good on his part to tell Raskolnikov that he was the true murderer giving him two options for the punishment of his crime. Surprisingly, Raskolnikov chose the second offer. His decision was influenced largely in part by Sonia’s opinion and her belief in god. I don’t agree at all with Raskolnikovs decision; he had the opportunity to leave to another country and form a new life. I think that if he had left the country his guilt of committing the murders would disappear because his fear of punishment and bad thoughts would go away.

            Now that he is going to Siberia he is going to regret it even more that he committed the murders. I still have many points to discuss, but I’m going to tell you the most important one – the lesson that this book taught me. That every action has a certain consequence, whenever I think of doing something crazy I am going to look back at this book.