Rodion Raskolnikov goes through life believing that crime can be justified if one is an “extraordinary person”, which is one who commits a crime without getting caught. He then is convinced that he is one of these “extraordinary” people and kills the pawnbroker because she is unjust and unfair. The purpose of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment is no matter what someone has done or how a person feels about oneself, everyone is capable of happiness and redemption. Rodion is an example of a man who becomes overwhelmed with guilt despite trying to justify his crimes. He feels like he is another Napoleon so in his mind his crimes are justifies until the guilt sets in. After he murders the pawnbroker and her sister, Rodion begins to feel
