Now in the book, the main protagonist is determined to kill his landlady. After planning with anxiety Raskolnikov confronts the person and eventually locking her in a room his kill has been completed. Few seconds later someone else comes in and without hesitation kills the landladies sister and now having to deal with two victims he is confronted with his own fears. Soon after he attempted to clean his weapon but a certain event had taken place.

The main character Raskolnikov sees multiple people who try and tell him that people are not to be trusted through out part one of this book. After some time in a pawnshop he goes to a bar where he meets a guy named Marmeladov who has lost his job just a short while ago; he talks about all the horrible events that transpired in his life. He talked about how his daughter went into prostitution and the main character opposes this idea.