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22 Mar, 2025
Continued reading the section concerning Mitya's interrogation by the lawyer and investigator. The entire section has an unreliable narrator vibe, and I quite like how Dostoevsky handles the trope, although I suppose it wasn't even an established trope back then. The truth of the 3,000 roubles has finally been "revealed" to rather humorous effect. I found Mitya's way of thinking to be rather funny. The way he stresses over specifics as a way to avoid facing harsh truths is something I'm sure not only myself but many other readers can identify with. It seems as if he's always stressing over the wrong thing, and not only as a result of this coping mechanism either; some of the things he genuinely does perceive that way which makes the dialogue all the more humorous. The crux of this section, as I've mentioned earlier with the unreliable narrator thing, seems to be whether he's telling the truth or not. The lawyer and investigator seem to believe he's lying: no normal person thinks the way he does, so something must be wrong. As for me, the reader, I think he's telling the truth. I can't wait to see if they end up going to the market square and discovering a crucial piece of evidence there. Moreoever, if Mitya didn't commit the crime, I wonder who did. I have a suspicion, but I won't talk about it here for spoiler purposes. In other reading news, I also started rereading the Frieren manga. I'm rereading my favorite arc, the time travel one. If you know, you know.
Today, I went to the gym and hit lower body. I also walked on the treadmill for a bit. I want to start incorporating cardio into my life for the health benefits; I've been neglecting it for a while now. I will try to run 30 minutes every day. That seems like a solid start. I'm not serious about it and don't really have any run goals that I want to work towards. I just want better heart health. Other than that, I didn't do much of anything today, just chilled. I work tomorrow.