ha my name is the same as Sarah C and i completely agree!!!!!!!! its like crime.....400 pages..........punishment now isnt that a great summary so much for superhuman, the city nihilism, aleination from society, and poverty i say read the title and u pretty uch have the book lol
I read this book last year when I was 12 years old!!! Even I think I got the meaning better then most, but it was still a drag to get through. Maybe it's me, but I think its most likely the book!!! Classics- Books people praise but don't read~Mark Twain wow that sums it up
You were obviously right when you said you were not a scholar, and wrong about knowing what a good book is. You obviously don't understand the novel at all. It's also obvious why the rest didn't like the novel, seeing as they can not spell it was too hard for them to understand the meaning. I do suggest that you read something much simpler like seventeen magazine or something.<br>Crime and Punishment is one of the best books I've ever read. The detail is extraordinary if you are able to grasp the meaning of it. (There is deeper meaning to it all). I suggest you read 5 times more, until you can grasp the meaning, and then write an analysis worth something.
I halfway agree. If one is a scholar, it is impossible to resist the dissection of this novel, and one will find intellectual riches beyond his/her wildest dreams. But if you were to read it for class, fun, or enrichment (some might say fun), you can get Dostoevsky's main message with less words.
I can't believe how offended some people have gotten, just because others didn't like Crime and Punishment... I thought janelle's analysis was hilarious, and I liked the book...
Crime and Punishment was a classic for several reasons. The themes as well as characters and symbolism were very well developed. Dostoevsky underscored duality (compassion vs. antipathy, good vs. evil, egoism vs. sacrifice, etc.) in such a way that a writer of any less caliber could not have. Raskolnikov and the other main characters were fully developed as Christian allegorical figures, which could not have been done in less than 600 pages. St. Augustine's Christian allegory was brought on in Raskolnikov's journey from spiritual death to awakening to salvation. All of this only begins to illustrate the makings of a timeless novel. Dostoevsky shows originality in addition to a depth of knowledge of other literature.
This was definately not the best book that I've ever read. I am not a scholar by any means, but I do know what I think is good. Crime and Punishment was an extreme bother to finish. In the 600 page book I read there seemed to only be 200 pages of useful information. I can't for the life of me figure out why there were 400 extra pages. If you can make it towards the end the only reward you get is a story that acutally follows a normal pace. It became interesting for all of maybe 5 chapters. woo hoo! It's foolish how we are foced to over analyze a book that really has little to analyze. Almost all the secrets are revealed and there is really little mystery. Why must we torture ourselves for a so called classic?!?
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