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Chapter 1 finished

Finished Part 1, now preparing to start PART II
The Years of Ordeal, 1850–1859
In part 1 we learn about Dostoevsky's family, education, military school experience, his religious awakening and subsequent challenges by Belinsky, Petrashevsky, and Speshnev, the radical socialists he met. We see the beginnings of his literary genius and finally his arrest for his involvement in conspiratorial circles.

"You can't eat, drink, or wear memories."

A very interesting reflection on the past, who "owns"a particular moment in time? Those who "now' occupy that location, or others in other times who occupied it then?

What impact does a specific memory of the past have on the present?

Is it more or less advantageous to dredge up particularly traumatic memories?