(375 words) Rodion Raskolnikov - the main character of the novel F.M. Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment." This work is very popular not only in Russia but also in other countries; for many years it makes the reader reason about Raskolnikov’s deed, about why he committed this crime. Many people need far from one thoughtful reading of the novel to understand the motives of the protagonist, answers to all questions cannot be seen on the surface, Dostoevsky took care of this. “Crime and Punishment” is not an easy reading, which you can read at your leisure to distract yourself, it is really a very difficult fruit of work, which still causes a number of doubts and disputes.
There are people who, having read this novel, consider that the murder by Raskolnikov of the old woman-percent bearer is nothing more than an attempt to get rid of material problems, and the most important motive for the murder is the mercantile nature of a poor student. But Dostoevsky clearly laid a completely different meaning in the novel, otherwise he would not have had such a name.
Around the main character was a terrible situation - a poor old mother whom he could not help in any way, lack of work, money, he lived in a small room and, in fact, did not see any meaning in life. He can’t be called a bad person, he still had love and compassion in his soul, he was just unlucky to take a place fitting for him. He saw that cruel and stupid people were richer than him, and believed that this was unfair. He heard how Sonechka Marmeladova’s life was collapsing, in what swamp she was drowning, and he understood that hundreds of the same girls were doomed to die in debauchery due to the same social injustice.
Rodion had a theory that useful and useless people exist. If we get rid of a person who is useless for society, then there will be more room for useful ones, therefore, the world will become better. He attributed himself to the useful - "Am I a louse, like everyone else, or a person?" There was a lot of torment inside the hero, which is described in detail in the novel, but nevertheless he decided to test his theory in practice, and chose, as it seemed to him, the useless old woman-interest-taker. So, there is a crime, but a punishment? The punishment for Raskolnikov was further suffering from the realization of what he had done, he did not take on the guise of a cruel beast-killer, but he could no longer be a previous person.
Thus, the motive for the crime is the hero’s sincere desire to make the world a better, cleaner, happier, as well as love for his family. But the most important motive is a test of himself - "Is I a trembling creature, or do I have the right ...".
