Madie and Gabe both raise
interesting points with which I agree about this chapter. Like Gabe said,
Dostoevsky successfully switches the focus of Crime in Punishment in this chapter to focus on Luzhin. Also, I
agree with both Madie and Gabe that Luzhin’s materialistic nature is
clearly shown through his belief that the reason Dunya broke off the engagement
was solely about money and had he given her more gifts, she would not have left
him. Gabe also mentioned Luzhin’s plans to frame Sonya, enhancing the
corruption in Luzhin’s character. This agrees with my thoughts that Luzhin gave
Sonya the money to benefit himself, although I was not exactly sure how he
would go about doing so. Lastly, Madie, Gabriel, and I all agree that introducing
Luzhin's roommate, Lebezyatnikov, seems somewhat unnecessary at the
moment. Gabe mentioned that Lebezyatnikov does not seem to play a large part of
what is going on thus far, but he thinks it is likely that eventually, Lebezyatnikov
will become a bigger part of the novel, and I agree with him. However, I have
noticed that Lebeziatnikov seems to feign self-importance and as a result, I
already do not like him.
-Alex
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