By now I am sure all of you have, at least, heard of the book Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Many believe that it is a stuffy old Russian book that is of no interest to exciting college students like yourself. I am here to tell you that you are wrong. This book is even more angst filled than your daily life. When people discover that you have read Crime and Punishment they will assume you are a smarty-pants and respect you. Dostoyevsky spent five years in a Siberian prison camp, this man knows anguish. The protagonist devises a plan to murder a corrupt pawn broker and steal all of her money. He attempts to justify this choice by giving all of the money to people who need it. This book is wrought with dark deeds done for good. Can things as vile as murder or prostitution be justified through good intentions? Can the moral murdered and the pure prostitute find true love?
Please, after you have read this fascinating book I would like you to perpetuate the stigma that it is a musty and monotonous novel. I prefer that people believe we are significantly more intellectual than is necessarily true.
Come to the One Book, One University meeting on September 21st at 5:30 in the ADR.
~Rosalyn Forbes
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