Reaction to Alexia Barrios's Impression of Raskolnikov

I find it interesting that you find Raskolnikov to be arrogant, which makes sense according to how he reacted. When I look back on the reading I do realize that maybe Raskolnikov is being arrogant and somewhat unthankful for his sister’s situation. He definitely talks as if he thinks that everything he is doing is the absolute correct thing to do. For example, helping out the drunk girl and helping out the family in the previous chapter. From his perspective, he is ensuring that social justice is kept by punishing those who deserved to be punished and helping those who do not deserve to be punished, at least, in his eyes. When I look at his actions from outside of his head, which is difficult to do because of the way the book keeps the reader inside Raskolnikov’s head, I can see how he is extremely arrogant. I can also see how other people might think that certain things he is doing and/or planning to do are the absolute wrong solution to a problem, even though he has convinced himself otherwise. This represents a brilliant strategy that the author is employing by keeping the reader so caught up in Raskolnikov’s thoughts that there is not much room to question his motives. Yet, when the reader does question his motives, it brings up the idea that no one really knows what is right. Therefore, the novel seems to bring up the concept of the true definition of what is right and what is wrong, and I am interested to see just how far the novel takes this concept.