The opening line of chapter III is that Raskolnikov has recovered gives us the false hope that Raskolnikov's sketchy behavior will stop. If Raskolnikov had truly recovered, wouldn't the book have ended? It still shocks me how sly Raskolnikov can be. Everyone's happiness that Raskolnikov has recovered is based off of a lie. He fakes his progression and his mental stability so he would no longer have to be watched like a hawk by Razumikhin.
The first step Raskolnikov takes to his fake recovery is by apologizing to both Zossimov and Razumikhin. He apologizes for them having to take care of him day in and day out. Secondly, he apologizes to his mother and sister for kicking them out of his apartment when they only wanted to make sure he was alright. Later, he explains how he really had spent the money they had given him. At this point, I started to make a connection between Dunya and Sonya. The two women had given themselves up to allow their family to succeed, one by marrying into wealth and the other by prostitution. Even after he confesses how he spent the money and his apologies, Raskolnikov continues to be disrespectful to his family. He begs Dunya not to continue with the marriage because it is not what a "respectable" woman would do. As Dunya stands up for herself by stating she is "guilty of no ones death." With this comment, Raskolnikov faints. How has he recovered if he still faints at the slightest mention of the murder? How does his family and friends not realize that he still has not recovered? Even after he faints, Razumikhin disregards it and decides to see Porify with Raskolnikov. When Raskolnikov and Razumikhin go to visit Porify, Raskolnikov starts to become paranoid if Porify knew about his visit to the crime scene and for starts to think about confessing.
In chapters three and four we start to learn more about Sonya. Despite her current situation, she tries to do everything she possibly can to help her family. When she walks in to invite Raskolnikov to the funeral, she is shocked by his lack his of money and rightfully so. If someone had given me a good amount of money to help my family I would think that person was from a wealthy family.
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