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Who Is The Real Hero In The Brothers Karamazov

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Sam Blyman Prof. Crowe ENG World Lit. II
Final TBK Quiz
Do you agree with Dostoevsky’s declaration in the Author’s note: that Alyosha is the hero of the novel? If not, who is the hero of the novel? Why?
The novel ‘The Brothers Karamazov’, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky accurately portrays
Alyosha as a very distinguished individual as oppose to the other brothers. Backed by his own achievements and qualities the author believes him to be the real hero, even before the start of the novel. Within the different stories of the other characters one can be questioned why someone like Alyosha would have such a title. After more review I believe that Dostoevsky had made a good decision. Although it was his decision, many facts could consider it a poor choice …show more content…

But oddness and eccentricity interfere with rather than help in the uniting of the strands and in the finding of some sort of common meaning in the general confusion.” (Dostoyevsky, xiii)
After a long story we are back to the beginning questioning the author’s choice of a hero.
The brothers in this story had been separate for some time; after being reunited the reader can clearly see the difference in character between one another. The three big characters I believe were important in the author’s decision were between Ivan, Dmitri, and Alyosha. Ivan who is very smart has no real desire to be religious. Dmitri, who has not decided his position of religion, is very much like his father comes across big conflicts and drives this book to different ends.
Lastly Alyosha, who is the youngest, and novice to a local monastery, he is seen as the good guy.
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Within this group questions emerge about life and true happiness, then events begin to unfold. This Russian piece argues about God’s existence, grace, and suffering of mankind.

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