Society throughout time has played an important role in the daily lives of humans regarding everything from stylistic choices to the way they think and act. In the book Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Doeskyesjy, Sonja, the daughter of Marmaladov and Katerina Petrovina, prostitutes herself to support her family. Sonja, however, is no exception due to her poor economic perspective, despite having a basis of faith her reason is pure and her prostitution serves to support her family entirely. Sonja as a person has demonstrated such selflessness that she puts herself above others, regardless of what's at stake. In her case, as with many other young women, prostitution was a last resort to provide for her family. That said, society itself more or less forces girls into prostitution and then proceeds to stigmatize dirty doves for committing impure acts. In crime and punishment, Russian society forced Sonja into prostitution to maintain social regularities like so many girls before her throughout history. Being a selfless individual, Sonja often puts the lives of others before her own. He repeatedly chooses to put himself in difficult situations because he inherits a genuinely kind spirit. As her father continues to be an alcoholic and drunk, his sole responsibility of providing for the family is neglected and is thus handed over to Sonja. Meanwhile, her mother continually strives to maintain an opulent lifestyle and shows no signs of stopping in the foreseeable future. To support her mother's lifestyle, Sonja quickly puts her mother along with her younger siblings before her and selflessly chooses to be a prostitute because, even though Sonja's subconscious motive is to help others. (T...... middle of paper ...... also surpasses her feminine role as she steps forward and demonstrates power and control by taking care of her family. Another aspect represented by Sonja was the large religious presence in Russia During the 1860s, when the book was written, about 80% of the country recognized themselves as Russian Orthodox Sonja which provides much of the religious aspect throughout the book, exemplifies the importance of religion for Russian culture noted during the epilogue when RASKL uses the new testament given to him by Sonja to gain a sense of closeness to her (USE QUOTE HERE Another thing Sonja represented was the liberation of the serfs in 1861. This allowed a growth of the middle class like Sonya and her family. With the growth of the middle class Russia was gradually able to take on a more important role in world trade.