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Karachi Pakistan
C & P
Oct 25, 2009 09:40 PM 2295 Views
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A book written by Fyoder Dostoevosky probably in 1864 portraying Russia in the second half of 19th Century. Spanning from intrigue, brutal murder and self search to a psychological war that lasted with Punishment. Crime in all its form and with all its motives irrespective of criminal's innocence or underlying necessity has always been an object of apprehension.


Criminals deserve punishment, irrespective of their intellectual achievements and capacity, irrespective of their power and position and irrespective of their hunger, poverty or betrayal from social circle. But is capital offense like murder, for monetary gains, is justified for whatever the circumstances a person is exposed to? Is punishing someone justified as retaliation to injustices and inequality of whole society? Are some of the human beings are innate leaders with special right to govern the social order through force and power? Is bloodshed a certification to power and control? Can misery, poverty and disorientation in society can only be removed through stabbing the powerful to death?


Murder for whatever reason committed leave an impression of brutality, social disorder and dogmatic mentality. I was forced to think lot of similar questions; some of them I worked out for my own benefit while most of them remain unanswered. What is the mentality of first time murderer? How does he react post facto? How afraid he becomes? And how disruptive his personality turns out to be? are some questions well answered in this text. However, I am still thinking what disturbed the murderer to an extent that he surrendered himself? Was it the fear of punishment or a feeling that execution failed to comply with the plan? Was it the first murder, which was thought out, planned and justified to executor, that disturbed him or the one that was consequential, reactionary and unplanned? What if he would have escaped from suspicion? Would he have considered himself from the elite class bestowed with an ability to kill inferior human for the sake of society? Would he have continued executing others as well for greater benefit? How can a human be classified as an inferior being or a superior one? Why not history did punish those who executed the mankind for lust of power, geography and kingdom? Were they special? Are some of the human really special to execute their desires at any length?


Rodion Romanovitch Raskalnikov, central character of Crime and Punishment, a law student, would-be writer, enthusiastic, career oriented, theorist, perceived revolutionist, soft hearted helping individual and a Murderer. Does it all fit together? It had! A conflict between good and bad, positive virtues and evil deeds, inconsistent, incomprehensible and inevitable war between two sides of human mind and heart resulted in a victory of a Murderer over a human. But that victory did not last long, albeit it ended the next moment when blood sprawled over old lady’s head. Just after the brutal stabbing of an old lady to death; good prevailed over bad but unfortunately the damage was done; it went worst when an unanticipated moment occur and Lizaveta (old lady's sister) emerged from nowhere to surrender her life to brutality.


Atlast, intellectual realized that he was not one of 'them' and this only thought pushed him to surrender. He suffered from moral and spiritual punishment but that did not suffice the coldness of his crime. He wandered here and there, thought of suicide, helped people, fell drastically ill, was considered mad and was delirious most of the time only thinking of his misdeed and consequences, fighting with his soul to accept but his heart and soul were not ready to accept the reasons argued by his mind. Finally, he surrendered and was sent to Siberia to serve Seven years of Sentence. Sonia followed her and they might have lived happily afterwards.Novel ended but left me in delirium, with some new insights and some new questions to explore. Some new quotes to use in my conversation and few new philosophies to discuss and ponder over. I read it for the first time and would like to read it again probably after few years when I would be able to understand deeply what I did not get know. A single reading is recommended for Serious readers.


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