“Though I did not have a clearer vision or understanding of Raskolnikov's motives by the end of the book, and though his actions were probably more dramatic than what most of us will do in any lifetime, I did see in his humanity, that lack of being able to predict consequences to actions, especialy negative ones. The selfish human nature that thinks "how unique I am! what do I need the rest of the world for? that common, nothing-special world?". In Rodion, in Sonya, even in Svidrigailov and Marmeladov, the lines of good and bad are blured, huge area of grayscale. How can one so generous be a murderer? How can such a sweet lady, daughter of a nice good-for-nothing drunk can become a street-walker? How can a creep skirt-chasser can do so much good for a bunch of unrelated orphans yet still not value his own life? Is it that people exist in parallel to others, yet don't realize how connected everyone is, how dependent we are to each other? Is it that we human beings, are so engrossed in our own little inner world that we forget to care? That we forget that we are nothing without others and that our very uniqueness is only what it it compared to other people's? Apparently, this novel is about redemtion, about salvation, about growth even. For me, it's a BIG jumble of questions on human nature. For a story this deep to touch me even deeper, I cannot thank Dostoyevsky enough... Or should I thank Raskolnikov?”
elisa wrote this review Monday, September 14 2009.
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