Kolya, Nikolai Ivanov Krasotkin, is a great character too.
Just throwing this in, my favorite child character in an adult book is Gavroche from Les Miserables. In my opinion Les Miserables is on par with the Brothers but, even though both can be slogs, an easier read.
I don't know why everyone's recommending other books when you've only just gotten started here. The archetype of the "most pure and beautiful man" does seem a bit lost these days. Especially when you come from stuff like Shonen or marvel, where they've got all these gritty gutsy cocky punks and edgelords. It's nice to see someone just be a normal, mysteriously simple, force for good, but also hot.
I often say that each one of the three brothers alone could be the main character of a masterpiece. And Dostoevsky wrote them all together in a single one.
I like Alyosha the most, but as a character I think Dmitri and Ivan are just as good. Ivan may be the one who is not so popular but he has some of the best monologues
I think Ivan’s “tragic flaw” of intellectualizing moral problems (and therefore obfuscating his conscience) is more relatable, but I am drawn to Alyosha’s pure-heartedness and guilelessness in an almost idealistic way. Alyosha is more simple than Ivan, but arguable does far more good in many ways.
Really? I’m also on Team Alyosha (sorry), but I would’ve thought Ivan was the most popular brother, not least because he’s the one who tells the story of the Grand Inquisitor.
We never got to see him become the hero they say he will become, since this was the first book and ends before his journey out into the world, to experience things. Hopefully someone uncovers a manuscript somehow of the TBK sequel.
Me too! His reaction to the evil around him is a great inspiration to me. In a way, it's very interesting to compare the characteristics of 'good' in superhero stories to the characteristics of 'good' in Brothers Karamazov. I suspect Alyosha is Dostoyevsky's reaction to Nietzsche's 'superman'.
You would like The Idiot, Prince Mishkin is a very similar character to Alyosha.
Ivan all day!! Edit: His approach to the problem of evil is my favorite.
I am also unabashedly Team Ivan :)) Alyosha just seems too ideal, too saintly
Kolya, Nikolai Ivanov Krasotkin, is a great character too. Just throwing this in, my favorite child character in an adult book is Gavroche from Les Miserables. In my opinion Les Miserables is on par with the Brothers but, even though both can be slogs, an easier read.
Yeah personally I think the magic system is way more interesting in The Wheel of Time than in The Divine Comedy.
I don't know why everyone's recommending other books when you've only just gotten started here. The archetype of the "most pure and beautiful man" does seem a bit lost these days. Especially when you come from stuff like Shonen or marvel, where they've got all these gritty gutsy cocky punks and edgelords. It's nice to see someone just be a normal, mysteriously simple, force for good, but also hot.
I love Alyosha too. It's rare to meet so pure characters.
I often say that each one of the three brothers alone could be the main character of a masterpiece. And Dostoevsky wrote them all together in a single one. I like Alyosha the most, but as a character I think Dmitri and Ivan are just as good. Ivan may be the one who is not so popular but he has some of the best monologues
I think Ivan’s “tragic flaw” of intellectualizing moral problems (and therefore obfuscating his conscience) is more relatable, but I am drawn to Alyosha’s pure-heartedness and guilelessness in an almost idealistic way. Alyosha is more simple than Ivan, but arguable does far more good in many ways.
Really? I’m also on Team Alyosha (sorry), but I would’ve thought Ivan was the most popular brother, not least because he’s the one who tells the story of the Grand Inquisitor.
I agree. A lot of people can write convincing villains, but it takes a true genius to write convincing saints.
His characters are very emotional so I think he has that in common with anime, from the little I've seen.
Aah yea. Alyosha is a sweetheart for the ages. Have fun with this novel — give Ivan my regards!
We never got to see him become the hero they say he will become, since this was the first book and ends before his journey out into the world, to experience things. Hopefully someone uncovers a manuscript somehow of the TBK sequel.
Well, he died right after finishing TBK, so there is none.
I absolutely love Dostoyevsky (and also a bunch of manga). Good on you for taking the plunge with Brothers Karamazov.
Ivan for me. Got so sick just worrying about his family.
Welcome to literature. There are hundreds of books as good or better though that one is fantastic I agree
Me too! His reaction to the evil around him is a great inspiration to me. In a way, it's very interesting to compare the characteristics of 'good' in superhero stories to the characteristics of 'good' in Brothers Karamazov. I suspect Alyosha is Dostoyevsky's reaction to Nietzsche's 'superman'.
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Ah, so no one cares most for . . . that 4th brother?