Dostoevsky's Crime And Punishment: Raskolnikov

In Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the reader follows Raskolnikov from a first-person perspective, witness to both his actions and feelings. However, most, if not all of the supporting characters are just as important, as they serve as warped mirrors of Raskolnikov, warping, exaggerating, and twisting his personality. None though, are as eerily similar as Razumikhin, who serves as a baffle to Raskolnikov. Where Raskolnikov sequesters himself mentally – inside his own head, and physically – he stays in his cramped apartment for days at a time, going out at late hours and spending the days sick; Razumikhin is an extrovert, outgoing and interacting with others almost to the point of annoyance; he even goes so far to ask Raskolnikov