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The President: 'Hello... I am still on the lam from debt collectors.'

Early in Crime and Punishment, [Rodion] Raskolnikov has become obsessed with the notion that he himself is a superman. Therefore, he thinks, he is not subject to the laws that govern ordinary people. … However, his indecision and confusion throughout the novel indicate that he is not a superman. Moreover, in the course of the novel, [Fyodor] Dostoyevsky seeks to prove that there is no such thing as a superman. Dostoyevsky believes that every human life is precious, and no one is entitled to kill.

[…] he sat up and shook his ears once or twice, and then sprang lightly off the window-sill and began to mountaineer about the contents of the garret.