Agatha Christie states, “If you love, you will suffer, and if do not love, you do not know the meaning of a Christian life”. The quote means that Jesus loved everyone and he suffered for us by being brutally tortured by Pontius Pilate. Some of the incidents Jesus went through were more serious than the ones these characters go through in the novel, but they still suffered in their own way. Nonetheless, the second part of this quote mirrors that if you do not love, you will not find God or eternal life. I believe that Dostoyevsky agrees with this quote because his ancestry included members of Russian Orthodox Christians, Roman Catholics and Eastern Catholics. Also as a young boy, his mother used the Bible to teach him how to read and write.
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A prime example is whenever she hollered at Raskolnikov, a young ex-student who lives in Saint Petersburg, for disrespecting Mrs. Marmeladov. Despite the fact that her family compelled her into prostitution and her father steals money from her, she still loves them so much that she goes to work and provides for them. Sonia sufferers through the fact that she is a prostitute because she was recently kicked out of her family's house and was forced to move somewhere else. Although prostitution is considered a sin, Sonia ended being a prostitute by moving to Siberia with Rask, in hope to receive salvation. As 2 Corinthians 5:17 states “prostitutes have the opportunity to receive salvation and eternal life from God, to be cleansed of all their unrighteousness and be given a brand new life! All they must do is turn away from their sinful lifestyle and turn to the living God…” Throughout this novel Sonia is supposed to be the Christ-like figure. Just like God listens to people's sins and forgives them, so does Sonia. For example, whenever Rask confesses to murdering the pawnbroker and her sister, Sonia just listened and told him what he can do to be forgiven of this incident. Another example is when Luzhin tries to frame her by saying she took money from him. Sonia forgives him and does not get mad over it. All in all, Sonia exemplifies “if you love, you suffer” through
A prime example is whenever she hollered at Raskolnikov, a young ex-student who lives in Saint Petersburg, for disrespecting Mrs. Marmeladov. Despite the fact that her family compelled her into prostitution and her father steals money from her, she still loves them so much that she goes to work and provides for them. Sonia sufferers through the fact that she is a prostitute because she was recently kicked out of her family's house and was forced to move somewhere else. Although prostitution is considered a sin, Sonia ended being a prostitute by moving to Siberia with Rask, in hope to receive salvation. As 2 Corinthians 5:17 states “prostitutes have the opportunity to receive salvation and eternal life from God, to be cleansed of all their unrighteousness and be given a brand new life! All they must do is turn away from their sinful lifestyle and turn to the living God…” Throughout this novel Sonia is supposed to be the Christ-like figure. Just like God listens to people's sins and forgives them, so does Sonia. For example, whenever Rask confesses to murdering the pawnbroker and her sister, Sonia just listened and told him what he can do to be forgiven of this incident. Another example is when Luzhin tries to frame her by saying she took money from him. Sonia forgives him and does not get mad over it. All in all, Sonia exemplifies “if you love, you suffer” through