Crime and Punishment

This book deepened my understanding of the question even further. We talked about Sonia and how she was the one who ultimately caused Raskolikov to confess to the murder and it was also Sonia who lived near him while he was in prison. She saved him from many things, not only from his guilty conscience, but also from the horrors of prison by being there for him and being someone he could rely on even after he had done such a horrendous thing. We also talked about Sonia being sort of a Christ-like figure in the novel which opens up a whole new definition for the word love for my big question. It made me contemplate how God's love can save a person or how unconditional love can save. It brought up the point of how although one can do something horrible, they can also repent for it and be resurrected or saved by devotion to God. It also brought up more questions, for example, does it have to be unconditional love to truly be saving or can it just be a normal sort of love? Or another question: Does it have to be to God that one is devoted in order to be saved, or can simple devotion to another human suffice? The verdict is still out on these questions, but as for my big question this book was a big help in understanding it.