Dostoyevsky

Dostoyevsky Dostoyevsky tries to show the importance of believing in God in the novel The Brothers Karamazov. He was raised in a very religious environment and his loving and devout Christian mother taught much of Dostoyevsky’s early learning to him. His father was not as much a positive influence on him as his mother because he was a drunk. Dostoyevsky’s parental figures serve as the two ends of the spectrum of behavior. One parent is dedicated and pious, and the other is an irresponsible drunk. Although Dostoyevsky did lose his faith in the Church for a while, his belief re-emerged after he spent some time in prison. In the Novel The Brothers Karamzov, Dostoyevesky has both characters that are righteous, and those that are not. The characters Alyosha and Father Zosima are examples of the Christian purists. Throughout the story these men serve as the conscience for those who are being troubled and are always around to spread Christian morals. On the contrary there are also those characters in the novel that have many flaws. Fyodor Karamazov is a drunken womanizer who has lost much of his son’s respect. One of his god, life, karamazov, novel, ivan, time, one, much, father, christian, characters, brothers, wrote, very, two, story, spent, serve, prison, mother, influence, ideas, good, drunk, dostoyevsky’s, dostoyevsky, dmitri, church, belief, been, because, zosima, womanizer, without, whole, while, weakening, ways, wanted, turn, troubled, tries, trial, total, throughout, thought, taught, take, support, story’s