Get Motivated!

The characters in "C and P" all live in the same city and interact with each other frequently, sometimes even multiple times a day. Yet, the main characters have not come together for reasons that are at all similar. They all have different, personal motives for becoming involved with the other main characters in the book. 

Dunia and Pulcheria both came to St. Petersburg in order for Dunia to marry Luzhin, but the move and the marriage were more than just Dunia getting married. They were looking for a way to be able to be closer to Raskolnikov and to be able to help him both financially and emotionally to get back on his feet. 

Razhumikin watched over Rasky when he was ill because he was a good friend, or that's how it came across. I really feel that he did stay with Rasky out of the good of his heart, yet I think that he is a kind of person who loves to be the hero in a story and come out looking like the knight in shining armor. This is also true of his interactions with Dunia and her mother. He ran all around St. Pburg the night that they arrived bringing them information not only because it was the right thing to do, but because it made him look good. Looking good to Dunia has become the Razzy's main motivation for still being involved in Rasky's life. 

All of the characters in C and P have their own personal motives for being involved in Rasky's life because he influences their lives in a positive way despite his illness and criminal past. This is not a trend that is only seen in "C and P" every relationship in the world whether professional, emotional, or friendly is based on (despite how cold and pathetic it sound) "what can a relationship with this person do for me?" Each person has their own secret motivation for becoming involved in another person's life. Wow, look how motivated we all are...