I haven't been this satisfied for reading Crime and Punishment since...ever, actually. I LOVE the fact that Raskolnikov is interested in Sonya (finally, some romance, kind of) though I feel that it doesn't have the purest motives, but I'm taking whatever I can get. And Raskolnikov should REALLY look into the idea (NEED!) for killing Luzhin; his murder can be legally justified, trust me...
But here is something I picked up from tonight's reading: Raskolnikov has consumption (in the form of guilt). Consumption, in the novel, is first used in chapter 2 of part 5, refering to Katerina Ivanovna, her pride, and how it consumed her when she spent a lot of money on Marmeladov's repass. And why did Luzhin do what he did to Sonya? Maybe he has the consumption too---but of revenge, and it was probably directed at her because she is like Dunya, in his mind (poor and pitiful). And: Do you think people would have believed Sonya was innocent if Lebezyatnikov had not intervened? The answer goes back to today's discussion, so with that...no, people would've belived her guilty for a multitude of reasons. She is poor, needs to take care of her family, and is a prostitute. People would've thought her a money grubber and stealing the money wouldn't be beneath her.
So, those are my thoughts on the reading. They are completed. :)
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