Pawnbroker

For example, in Mary’s district, there were very little businesses. There were mostly small business primarily fast foods, barbershops, beauty salons, pawnbrokers, nail parlors, check cashing, and liquor stores. Therefore, there was a lack of access to healthy foods, poor quality of housing, and environmental conditions shown throughout the film. Other social determinants also include access to health care…

ragged. He is not a happy character; the language he uses is very gothic and depressing. He is not content with his life. Raskolnikov’s sister and mother love him dearly and even send him money when they can. Raskolnikov’s goal is to rob the old pawnbroker. He also wants to do wrongs and still have a clean conscience,…

The 1920s are often seen as era of fragmentation because it was a period when major changes have taken place. First, antitrust laws were weakened, which allowed the growth of monopoly power in industries. By the late 1920s, many companies vanished through merger, and corporate giants dominated the major industries. “By 1930, one hundred corporations controlled nearly half the nation's business. Without actually merging, companies that made similar products formed trade associations to set prices…

The Spilt Sense In Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, This insight will focus more on the death of Lizaveta as it more notable to how the killer is affected by it. Thus, the killing of Lizaveta with an axe and the subsequent inner struggle of the protagonist reflects his dual personality dilemma more than the killing of Alyona Ivanova. First, Raskolnikov's name means schism which refers to a divided sense that occurs between two entities based on opinions or beliefs. The fact that…

Gun Rights Versus Gun Control In George Washington’s address to the second session of the first Congress, he said: “Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American People’s Liberty teeth and keystone under Independence.” A very controversial topic involving gun control and gun rights has been argued for many years. Many people strongly believe that citizens should not be allowed to possess guns. Perhaps their intentions are not completely misguided. Over the…

The ability to distinguish a good person from an evil person is usually a simple task. Although in most literary works, it can be more difficult to differentiate between the two. In society people are quick to draw a line between good and evil but as people grow and face new experiences that line can become blurred and morals and values begin to change. In the novel, Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov can be branded as a morally ambiguous character. Raskolnikov can be viewed as morally ambiguous…

In Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky explores, discusses and compares various different philosophical ideas through many of the main characters, each embodying the essence of a specific philosophy. Two of the main philosophical ideas that Dostoevsky discusses in this novel are Utilitarianism and its sub-philosophy, Hedonism. Utilitarianism attempts to distinguish between the moralities of right and wrong, good and bad. The axiom of this philosophy is the concept that the good is pleasure…

Dostoevsky, in retrospect brought on by his punishment and acceptance of religion, saw flaws in his old revolutionary and nihilistic ways and mirrored this in Raskolnikov. Raskolnikov's life parallels to that of Dostoevsky's in many ways, and Raskolnikov seems to represent a past version of Dostoevsky himself. Dostoevsky's shift back to religion stemmed from his yearning to find familiarity in his life, an ideology that made sense to him. During his time in prison, as with many prisoners,…

Jew were typically considered the lowest members of society such as “peddlers, vagrants, rag dealers, money changers, and pawnbrokers”(Schneider|Silverman,255). Many German natives referred to Jews as Ausländer and can never become German. The Holocaust ripped the dignity from the se people who made up less than 1% of the German population yet they were blamed for everything that…

Under Pressure As humans, we make sacrifices every single day for many different reasons with many different intentions. According to the Cambridge dictionary, compromise is defined as “an agreement between two sides who have different opinions, in which each side gives up something it had wanted”. And sacrifice can be defined with “giving up something for something else considered more important.” Two similar definitions for two very different words. These choices are seen throughout literature…