Welcome to my ENG3U blog for my classic novel study on Crime and Punishment by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky! In the explanation of this novel study we are told the purpose of this project is "to read, think, and write independently in order to communicate a critical understanding of a work of long fiction". What that really means to to read a book we normally wouldn't, understand the book, and think about the book in an intelligent manner. Over the next few months I will be analyzing, and thinking outside the box to deepen my understanding and appreciation for classic literature.
This book is going to be quite interesting I think. Not interesting in a factual way, but interesting in the story is going to take my reading in directions I do not expect. When doing research into which book I was going to choose, as soon as I came to this one, bells and whistles went off loud and clear. I'm very into romance, but also mysteries, and crimes. Crime and Punishment caught my attention when I read it had a main character with a possible psychotic problem, a murder, and looked a little bit into Russia during the time it was set. It all sounded really good to me- something to keep me on my toes when I'm reading.
Having said that, I think the genre is easy to pick out. Crime and Punishment is definitely a suspense novel. As I'm reading, I keep wondering what is going to happen next.. Not because anything big has happened yet, just because I feel like if I don't think like that I am going to be caught off guard. Already, just in the beginning pages, I'm wondering, and considering what is going to happen.. What could happen.. I have a feeling that I am going to be feeling to be feeling this way until the final page.
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