Joshua Cohen's Reaction to Rachael's Post

I can understand how you can view this book as boring and somewhat repetitive, because it is very much so, yet there are some underlying theories and principals that make the overall story more interesting than it is at first glance. When reading through the thoughts of Raskolnikov it is extremely annoying to sift through his ranting and somewhat choppy nature to find relevant statements as opposed to rambling thoughts. Yet I feel that the fact that this book makes you feel a little insane while reading is a compliment to the ability of the author to make the reader feel somewhat attached to the character, mostly by the fact that you are experiencing the story through this characters eyes. Also, there are some good ideas that are portrayed in the book that often get me thinking about how society really defines insanity and the differing opinions about actions. Personally, I find that looking at a situation through a different perspective is often more insightful than looking at a situation by myself or just reading one perspective, and the same applies to the structures and assumptions of society. I find Raskolnikov’s idea on how murder might be socially acceptable if it is done for an idea to be interesting in the fact that at first most people think that murder is wrong in all aspects, but Raskolnikov is arguing the side of the murderer, quite literally in this case, which is interesting, at the same time it is disturbing. But, that is my opinion, and everybody else has their opinions and nobody is ever one hundred percent right.