Part 2, Question 1 - Is there or is there not such a thing as crime?         For this question, I have chosen to discuss the following three works of literature: Crime and Punishment, by Feodor Dostoevsky, Beloved, by Toni Morrison, and Utopia, by Sir Thomas More.         To begin with an omniscient and philosophical frame of reference, crime is only defined as crime by the society defining it. When a mass of human beings coagulate to¬ gether and …showed first 75 words of 1024 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1024 total…activi¬ ties are also considered criminal in people's minds and consciences, as they learn the rights and wrongs of life.         This book and the previous books do in totality does seem to assert an absolute definition of what constitues the act of a crime. The laws established, the way people thought, and God's influence all presented reasons to why crimes are crimes.                  'The degree of civilization can be judged by observing its prisoners.'                                                      -Dostoevsky