Raskolnikov confesses

Crime and Punishment really took a long, LONG time to catch my interest.... But as I am approaching the ending half of the book, more action and mostly internal drama is beginning. Starting Part V of the novel, Raskolnikov is having the internal battle and fear of having gotten caught, but he realizes he really is not. Luzhin's marriage to Raskolnikov's sister is broken off, and he is obviously very angered at this because of the amount of money he lost just organizing the wedding in the first place. Disregarding the, what I feel, less important parts for now, the most astonishing thing that has happened in the most recent reading is that HE CONFESSES! Honestly, although Raskolnikov has had some better motivations and cares more for his family; although he has been more compassionate ... I still would not have expected him to confess and I was so shocked that he did. He started off his confession to her by asking her whose life she would take... and she responds that only God decides who gets to live or die - obviously being against any type of murder -- I agree with her. He makes her guess that he is the one who murdered Lizaveta, and although she is left aback by such news, she still decides to be there for him, which I think I would have found that really hard to do -- be compassionate to someone who took the life of another for no reason. But, Raskolnikov explains the reason. He says that it was because people who want to attain power cannot have anything standing in their way, and the pawnbroker, in his opinion, had nothing to offer and was never going to change, so by killing her he wanted to show his power over the weak. Sonya says it was the devil, and says he must confess and accept the punishment (I see the title coming into play here)... But he refuses to that and says that he actually could have had the right so he did not feel so guilty. I think Raskolnikov is INSANE to have that reason to kill the pawnbroker. I do not know what is going to happen but I am actually excited to know.