Eddy Diamantis Crime and Punishment

Eddy Diamantis
Crime and Punishment

Journal 2
In part three of Crime and Punishment, the suffering that raskolnikov has to endure mentally intensifies and characters such as Dunya and Razumikhin also become more familiar to me as I read. I feel that Razumikihins attraction to Dunya could really complicate things between him and raskolnikov since raskolnikov also wants his sister to break off from Luzhin, which I find very selfish. At one point in chapter three Raskolnikov claims that he will cease to regard Dunya as his sister if she marries Luzhin. Although he says this and Luzhin even sends a letter to dunya, requesting not to see Raskolnikov again, she still takes him to the party, testing luzhin making me respect her more. When he is at the party, Raskolnikov only makes Porfiry more suspicious of him when he talks about his article on crime he had written. I feel Raskolnikov had always though he was superior since he claimed that people who are superior could have the right to commit murder. Obviously raskolnikov didn’t prove this theory was true and now he is paying for it. Also, the dream he has is very odd and freaky, but shows that he is not as he thinks he is and challenges his thoughts of himself.
Part four takes a wild turn in the story, especially for raskolnikov’s emotions. It isn’t until this part that Dunya finally leaves Luzhin, after he insults the family claiming if it wasn’t for him, Raskolnikovs family would be in a worst position and lames this all on raskolnikov. It was very kind of Razumikhin to offer to take care of the family after Luzhin had left. It seems that once Razumikhin had offered to take care of the women, he had decided to leave knowing they were being taken care of and in order to understand himself. This shows that Raskolnikov has become a more caring person, putting his familys health before his own. Also, when Raskolnikov enters the police station to be interrogated by Porfiry, Raskolnikov has his pride tested by profry even though he wants to testify, I believe because he wants this suffering to end. However, another man confesses to the murders, relieving raskolnikov and possibly giving him more time to find the strength to confes and return to reality.