I think that Levy made a very accurate point on why people give up in life and seek to find a means to an end. He says that people are born into life with love and we need love to ultimatly keep us interested to stay in life. So under this theory if one feels completly unloved that someone will eventually find themselves unneeded in the world and will see to it's end. I think that this is an explanation of suidicide that is easy to understand, but also holds a lot of truth. Love and Hate are our strongest emotions are often out of balance in a person's life and the more negative energy and hate one hold the harder it is to enjoy being on the Earth.
In comparing Crime and Punishment to Crimes and Misdemeanors, I can see the connections, but to be honest if Crimes and Misdemeanors had a different title, I would have had a hard time drawing a connection between the two. Yes, there is obviously a murder of a woman( or women), that has no living family to worry for her (or them), and there is a tormented killer who has dillusions, but for the rest of the plot in Crimes and Misdemeanors, it is broken and jumbled in comparison to the book Crime in Punishment. In Crime and Punishment, there are two sets of foil characters, Raskilnokov with Razmuhin, and Raskolnikov with Sonya. In this comparison the Walter, in Crimes and Misdemeanors reflects Raskolnikov where Walter is foils with his wife and her brother. What made it hard to connect the movie and the book was that there was essentially two Raskilnikov characters in the movie, as opposed to the only one in the book. The murder side being portrayed by Dr, Rosenthal, and the personal side being portrayed by Walter.
The first part of this post was a bit difficult to understand because of grammatical errors, but I completely agree with the second part. I didn't think they were THAT similar that Crimes and Misdemeanors deserved to (partially) share a name with Crime and Punishment. It's interesting that you said there were almost two Raskolnikovs-- I didn't think of it that way, but now I can see it. Overall, nice post.
ReplyDeleteI think that the first part of the post would be easier to understand if you re-stated the prompt or said which you were referencing; however, I think your ideas on love and hate being closely intertwined are valid and interesting. It may just be me, but I found the second part of your post a bit hypocritical as you said that there weren't many things that the film and the book had in common, then listed some things which I see as key similarities between the two. I think that, in the future, if you read your posts aloud, it will reveal the parts which are difficult to understand. Other than that, this is a good post overall!
ReplyDeleteOther than the basic idea of the killing of a woman, I agree that there are not many similarities between the two stories. Everyone's posts seem to agree on that. As for the first part of your post, I think you made a good explanation of why someone would commit suicide if they feel unloved and alone. Some personality disorders we are learning about in AP psych have high rates of suicide and those same disorders have side effects where it's hard for those people to be loved and feel like they're not alone. This could be an explanation for the suicides and it goes along with your point.
ReplyDeleteNice post!