I’d like to tell you about my favorite book which is called Crime and Punishment by Feder Dostoevsky. To be honest with you, I don’t really like reading but I really found on analyzing the plot the characters, the development, the general idea of the work, and that’s what we do on our literature lessons in school. That’s what we particularly did with this masterpiece. So this work describes, tells about, tells about men who is a main character of the crime and punishment, who has this idea of dividing people into groups, believing that The first group can do whatever they want and not be punished by their consciousness, while others, the second group, just obey to the first one, strict to the rules, and they have this sense of morality, which is, you know, a weak position. And so this whole work is a disprove of this idea. So I find it very interesting, just fascinating to analyze the development of the main character, of his punishment and of his crime, obviously, of his love story with another characters, his family, his stream. And actually, I’d like to erase my memory to read this masterpiece again and analyze it because no other book made me think that much as this one did. It’s just a genius work. That’s why it is. I find it my favorite one.
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I'd like to tell you about my favorite book which is called Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. To be honest with you, I don't really like reading but I really enjoy analyzing the plot, the characters, the development, the general idea of the work, and that's what we do in our literature lessons at school. That's what we particularly did with this masterpiece. So this work describes a man who is the main character of Crime and Punishment, who has this idea of dividing people into groups, believing that the first group can do whatever they want and not be punished by their conscience, while others, the second group, just obey the first one, stick to the rules, and they have this sense of morality, which is, you know, a weak position. And so this whole work is a disproval of this idea. So I find it very interesting, just fascinating to analyze the development of the main character, of his punishment and of his crime, obviously, of his love story with other characters, his family, his dreams. And actually, I'd like to erase my memory to read this masterpiece again and analyze it because no other book made me think as much as this one did. It's just a genius work. That's why I find it my favorite one.
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