Pawnbroker

Theory. In this theory, great men rule the world. They are able to go around the laws, for the bettering of humanity. Raskolnikov wants to fit into his own theory. He wants desperately to be a great man. To test his theory, he kills a cheating pawnbroker. The realization of what he has truly done slowly sets in. He realizes that he is an ordinary man, who simply committed a crime. This realization leads to physical and mental suffering. This suffering eventually leads him to redemption.…

same emotions as the main character, Raskolnikov. Although Raskolnikov murdered Alyona Ivanonva early on in the book, the rest of the book kept my attention because of Raskolnikov’s punishment. In class, we discussed why Raskolnikov murdered the pawnbroker. There were several reasons thrown out and discussed; however, while students were talking about the reasons Raskolnikov murdered, I was thinking about the ethical decision he made. Readers may not notice but Fyodor Dostoevsky talks about…

What you Pawn I Will Redeem, is a story that starts off showing a Native American by the name of Jackson Jackson who has been homeless for the last six years in Seattle. Jackson Jackson illustrates the struggle of being homeless alcoholic, an addiction that gets the best of him, who seems destined to fail on his journey to get his grandmothers regalia back in his family’s possession. The author, Sherman Alexie, uses Jackson Jackson’s character development and his internal conflict with…

The protagonist, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, in Fyodor Dostoyevsky 's Crime and Punishment is a young ex-student living penniless in St.Petersburg. He lives in a tiny rented room, but is indebted to his landlord due to his low financial status. From the start of the book Dostoevsky paints a clear image of Raskolnikov. For example, on page eight it says “he even knew how many paces he had to take in order to reach the front entrance of his tenement; seven hundred and thirty paces exactly” (8)…

Even though Alexie doesn’t explain it in the story, you can still assume that Jackson has certain virtues such as; perseverance to reach his goal, generosity to help others around him, and respect to the pawnbrokers wishes and deal for the…

and the way we behave when faced with morally challenging situations. Raskolnikov, a troubled man in his early twenties, devises and executes a plan to commit a brutal murder. However, he justifies this action by describing how the victim, an old pawnbroker, is a plague to society. He theorizes that some special people are allowed to transgress society’s standards for a worthy cause. These ideas are further explored as Dostoevsky comments on Utilitarianism, suffering, morality, and human nature…

is analyzed throughout Crime and Punishment, along with Raskolnikov's interpretation of it. He believes himself to be exceptional, with the right to murder an old pawnbroker that is a parasite to society. Raskolnikov's…

society. He views himself as better than everyone else and because of this, he is unable to relate to other people. When it comes to his own personal philosophy, he views other people as objects that he uses for his own gain. After murdering the pawnbroker and another person, Raskolnikov’s separation from society intensifies due to him feeling…

down on her head.” that Raskolnikov did not feel huge sympathy for human life, and was a very aggressive and violent individual. Furthermore, this statement also indicates that Raskolnikov was willing to go to great lengths, in this case murder his pawnbroker, to achieve something he excessively desired. Therefore, it is evident by the murders Raskolnikov committed that he had a very selfish, immoral, ruthless, and callous side to…

Crime and Punishment is a book set in Russia, written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and focuses on a theme of alienation. The book starts when the main character- Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov- goes to a pawnbroker,Alyona Ivanovna. While there Raskolnikov trades his watch for the money he needs to pay his rent and to plan out how he could rob Alyona. This entire sequence of events makes up the exposition of Crime and Punishment and introduces alienation as the theme. From there the rising action…