Emma's AP Lit Blog

In part six of Crime and Punishment , Dostoyevsky writes, "He suddenly remembered Sonya's words: 'Go to the crossroads, bow down to people, kiss the earth, because you have sinned before it as well, and say aloud to the whole world: "I am a murderer!"' He trembled all over as he remembered it. And so crushed was he my the hopeless anguish and anxiety of this whole time, and especially of the last few hours, that he simply threw himself into the possibility of this wholesome, new, full sensation. It came to him suddenly in a sort of fit, caught fire in his soul from a single spark, and suddenly, like a flame, engulfed him. Everything softened in him all at once, and the tears flowed. He simply fell to the earth where he stood..." This quote is very significant both in the plot of the novel and in the development of Raskolnikov's character. It is from this moment on that the reader knows that he will eventually confess; even though he hesitates a few...

I tested as an INFP! (Introvert(78%)  iNtuitive(38%)  Feeling(59%)  Perceiving(3%)) I had a little bit of an identity crisis with this test because while I have always tested as an INFP, the first time I took the test today, I tested as an INFJ. I read the INFJ description and it just didn't really feel right, and my judging percentage was 1% anyway, so I took a few other tests and got INFP on all of them. I took another look at the initial test and realized that I had clicked 'uncertain' for many of the questions (which we were specifically told not to do but what can I say? I'm indecisive...). I thought very carefully about the questions that I said I was uncertain about and came out as an INFP. There are definitely some aspects of an INFJ personality that fit me, but some do not at all (such as decisiveness, clearly). However, I identify with the INFP personality on almost all levels. I'm an idealist and perfectionist; even if I try to be pessimistic to save ...