How old is sonia in crime and punishment

SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Themes Motifs Symbols. Characters Sonya. He gives her books to read, saves her from Luzhin's accusations, and helps her care for Katerina. Sonia at first looks on Raskolnikov as her savior and kind of expects him to be nice to her when he sees her in private. Think of all that sighing and moaning and fantasizing, and the way he defended her to Luzhin and to his mother.

He was even super nice to her little sister Polenka. We expected him to bring her a teddy bear he won at a county fair, or something like that. But, no. He kisses her feet, which, slow down, buddy. Is she even into that?

It freaks her out, but when he leaves, she fantasizes about it. Guess she likes it. He also begs her to run away with him to save the children, though he doesn't really have a plan. But he does have her interest at heart. It hurts him to see her doing what she doesn't want to do being a prostitute , and he's really afraid Polenka will be next.

But, he could be a little nicer about it. In his characteristic Raskolnikov way, he's a jerkbag. Sonia is also a testimony to human forgiveness and compassion. She sees the good in Raskolnikov as stronger than the bad—which is saying a lot because this guy did take an axe to an old lady.

And she waits. But, there could be trouble in paradise—if by "paradise," we mean Siberia. Paradise for the Arctic foxes, maybe.

Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikov. Semyon Zakharovich Marmeladov. Andrei Semyonovich Lebezyatnikov. Alyona Ivanovna. Lizaveta Ivanovna. Alexander Grigorievich Zamyotov. Welcome back. She became a prostitute but feels intensely the degradation and shame of her profession. But in spite of this profession, she has never lost touch with God. Her simple faith in God is part of her strength. She attends church as much as possible, has masses said for Lizaveta Ivanovna, and has the basic faith in the goodness of Divine Providence.

She also refuses to answer questions put to her by Raskolnikov that is, who is to live or die by saying "how can I know God's will?