Key Takeaways
Summary
Sparknotes can do a much better job summarizing it than I can but Raskolnikov murders a pawnbroker for money, feels terribly guilty and the whole novel is about how he deals with his feelings, his lack of understanding of cause and effect and his final confession
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- Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov - protagonist, murderer, filled with self-loathing and is overwhelmed by what he did
- Sofya Semyonova Marmeladov - Raskolnikov's love
- Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikov (Dunya) - Raskolnikov's siter
- Arkady Invanovich Svidrigailov - Dunya's former employer, threatening to her and her brother
- Razumikhin - Raskolnikov's friend, poor student, Raskolnikov's foil (friendly, hard worker, kind)
- Profiry - in charge of the murder investigation, Raskolnikov's antagonist
What I got out of it
- Very interesting book and Dostoevsky is known for his incredible understanding of human nature. Much like Brothers Karamazov, I found it good but not great (perhaps because I listened to both books and wasn't really able to completely dive into the book and its characters)
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