Raskolnikov Vs Life

Raskolnikov is often wrapped up in his thoughts to a point where he ends up wandering aimlessly, blocking out his surroundings, and getting lost in real life which in turn makes him forget what he was first so caught up in. Even when he 's filled with determination, he would sometimes still lose his direction, this for me correlates to Strakhov 's quote about "life in theory versus life in practice." Life in theory can seem one way, but in practice end up completely different. Strakhov states that both struggle within a man 's heart and this internal struggle that Dostoevsky makes transparent for the reader, does depict a "nihilist suffering in a deeply human way" (485). It 's interesting how this struggle manifest itself in Raskolnikov 's. How the reader understands him versus how the other characters understand him reminds of the saying that things aren 't always how they seem on the

The statement "victory was won by life," is interesting to me and I 'm not entirely sure I understand it. Sometimes we look for reasoning and signs in the real world that may justify our theories, and in Raskolnikov case this is what happened. Life seemed to offer him many opportunities in the form of coincidences that served in giving him the final push, and in that push he was too caught up in the moment to over think anything or talk himself out of it, he was finally committed. In my understanding this phrase means to just accept what has, or will happen. Life goes on, as the saying goes, and there is victory in just being able to move forward no matter in which direction; to go and continue