Sonia character sketch in 350 words
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Sonia's last name has nothing to do with the delicious citrus jam that you spread on English muffins. She's not lucky enough to have a name that means "marmalade."
Girl has—to put it mildly—an intense life. She's forced into prostitution at 17 or 18, then falls in love with a killer (Raskolnikov) and moves all the way across the country to be with him while he does time for the crime, never forgetting her trusted New Testament or her faith in humanity.
Unlike some of the characters in Crime and Punishment, though, we don't really see inside her head. She's often characterized by shyness, nervousness, and confusion—actually, just about what we'd expect considering her age, all the stress she's going through with her father and stepmother going completely down the tubes, and her brother's and sisters' futures to consider.