Crime and Punishment Journals

Crime and Punishment Journal Part 1
At this point in the novel Raskolnikov’s character does not seem to be up to the full potential of an “extraordinary man”. Raskolnikov’s appearance was worse then shabby, “he was so badly dressed that even a man accustomed to shabbiness would have been ashamed to be seen in the streets with such rags.” (2). Also he is not a stable man because he has grown a habit of talking to himself, and his conscience is always second-guessing himself, also showing that his mind is not in the right state to be an “extraordinary man” and take the next step. He does not believe it himself that he is up to the challenge of killing the old pawn broker. He even had doubt about killing the pawnbroker during his experiment; he still believed it was a crime.
In addition, Raskalnikov’s dream about the horse being tortured when he was little shows it has always been kind of an instinct inside of Raskolnikov to help others in need. His first r...