the] hungry children," Sonia turns to a life of prostitution as a means of supporting her family (28). After tainting her body, "she [does] not utter a word[;] she [does] not even look" (28). "She [hides] her head and face in [a wool shawl] and [lies] down on the bed with her face to the wall" (28). Poverty leads her to corrupt her innocence and victimizes her by stripping her of her "treasure" (28). Not only does poverty rob Sonia of her purity, it also robs her of her family when she has to "register as a
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