After the whole dinner fiasco, R-cubed goes over to Sonya.What a wonderful conversation they had! "Oh hey,you're getting kicked out of your home and the person you've been getting closer to is a murderer!".Throughout the novel R-cubed has thought of himself as an ubermensch.The conversation was very important because for the first time,he is admitting that he isn't one.Of course, he still thinks he's better than everyone else,but hey,one problem at a time.I wonder what Sonya must feel.We can all,to a certain extent,excuse the actions of others if it was a last resort or if they didn't know any better.For example: most of us in class put the person stealing bread because he was hungry as the most excusable from the list.But now if that person stole just to steal,to see if he could get away from it,then we wouldn't be so understanding.R-cubed just admitted that he didn't murder because of poverty, but he because he was trying to be "great".In my opinion, she wasn't harsh enough;she actually squeezed his hands and then gave him a hug!Who does that to a murderer?
Moving on.....Katerina dies.Shocker.What was interesting was the way she died.There was no seeing the light or any such change;she died still in belief of her so-called nobility.She even said that God could find no fault in her!To me,the family should have had their own book.Their story is much sadder(though slightly cliche) than R-cubed's story.
PS I loved Porfiry's closing remarks to R-cubed. "Oh hey,in case you decide to kill yourself,can you tell us where the missing items are?Thanks."
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