The language used to describe this impulsiveness is abrupt to create a sense of urgency in the scenes. When another character is “alarmed by his expression” (Dostoevsky 189), his expression “reveals a heartbreaking emotion and at the same time something still, almost mad” (Dostoevsky 189). Dostoevsky, throughout the novel, develops the habit of describing Raskolnikov's facial expressions so that readers can experience the same images that the surrounding characters experience at the moment the facial expressions take place. Furthermore, sentences describing Raskolnikov's strange habits are structured in two parts: the beginning of the sentence will introduce a habit, and then move to demonstrate the underlined meaning of said habit. Linking back to Raskolnikov's habit of talking to himself, the two-part sentence structure is shown with the phrase: "he walked, as was his habit, without noticing his way, whispering and even speaking loudly to himself" ( Dostoevsky 41). . However, Dostoevsky will also use short sentences that disrupt the prose of the novel to convey his character's mentality during a scene.;