Crime and Punishment is about guilt and conscience. At one point in life or other, people make mistakes they aren't proud of or wish to go back in time and change them, and that's a part of being human. It is our ability to feel genuine remorse over our bad actions and voluntarily take steps to rectify those mistakes that lead to growth and character. The book is powerful, brilliant, and insightful in its ideas, and features an immensely engaging blend of intriguing philosophy; political, social, moral, and religious ...
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Crime and Punishment is about guilt and conscience. At one point in life or other, people make mistakes they aren't proud of or wish to go back in time and change them, and that's a part of being human. It is our ability to feel genuine remorse over our bad actions and voluntarily take steps to rectify those mistakes that lead to growth and character. The book is powerful, brilliant, and insightful in its ideas, and features an immensely engaging blend of intriguing philosophy; political, social, moral, and religious commentary, that all thread together to create a masterpiece of literature that captures the deep, raw core of the human condition when it is at its most gruesome and vulnerable.
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This novel is at once honest and complex, disenchanting and sympathetic! It carries you away to Russia, St. Petersburg to meet a defunct college student who struggles with the thin line between natural morality and that imposed on human-kind through religion and society. The streets and man made structures of st. Petersburg are used to reflect the decisions and ideas put forth in the novel and by the charicture Raskolnikov. Excellent reading!
bevans605
Feb 21, 2009
Intriguing Classic
I, too, read this novel for my high school English class. While I did not enjoy it as much as some of my peers, it is definitely a book that I am glad to have read. Dostoevsky manages not only to delve into the mind of a criminal, he also provides an intriguing social commentary. I would not suggest this novel unless you are truly committed to reading it.
mallorysusan
May 22, 2007
I admit I only read this book because it was assigned to us in my high school English class. I was instantly put off by the length and language of the book. Slowly though, as I pushed on through this psychologically prodding book, I began to understand Dostoevsky's views on the human mind. I really can't say much that the book review hasn't already said without giving away the entire plot of the book, but if you are willing to swim through long narratives and complicated descriptions, you will find that this book has wonderful pictures of how the mind reacts to stress and exactly what the consequences of actions are.
