Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky’s life was dark and dramatic as his novels were. His father’s drunken brutality led to his murder by his own serfs. At the age of 28 he was imprisoned for alleged subversion against Tsar Nicholas. He was in prison for ten years. While in prison he made many changes in his philosophies and it was greatly shown in his novels. “Man is a mystery. If you spend your entire life puzzling …showed first 75 words of 1080 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1080 total…consequences of sin” ( Howell 71). This novel shows the consequences of sin very well. The consequences are very bad. While reading this novel I thought to myself, could O. J. Simpson be going through the same thing at this time? Is he at the point of confession? Will he confess? This story that was written over one hundred years ago still applies to society today. A guilty conscience is a very difficult thing to live with.