Alyosha Karamazov - Blog Posts

literally so funny in tbk the amount of times alyosha scurries and vaults himself over walls and hedges and gates while in his longass monk robes. the image of it described every time is the funniest thing ever i love him so dearly

Honestly, one of the things that fuck me up the most about The Brothers Karamazov, is not only that Dostoyevski names Fyodor Karamazov —arguably the most vile character in the novel— after himself; but that he names this character's pure son, mr. little ray of sunshine Alyosha, the same as the son Dostoyevski lost at three years old, a loss that pained him all his life, like????? what did you meant by this sir???? does such goodness only belongs to the realm of death?? of fantasy?? Are we always to taint good works through our polluting influence? what does this mean!!!!

From W. J. Leatherbarrow's "Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The Brother's Karamazov"

Alyosha

Quick sketches of the Karamazov brothers! ❤️

Fyodor Dostoyevsky "The Brothers Karamazov"

“I think I could stand anything, any suffering, only to be able to say and to repeat to myself every moment, 'I exist.' In thousands of agonies -- I exist. I'm tormented on the rack -- but I exist! Though I sit alone in a pillar -- I exist! I see the sun, and if I don't see the sun, I know it's there. And there's a whole life in that, in knowing that the sun is there.”

This is my absolute most favourite quotes by one of my favourite authors. I've been reading the brothers Karamazov for a while now and it has gotten a special place in my heart. As much as I love Alyosha I cannot ignore Ivan's rational side. I believe the same with what he said on the suffering of children but have other views on other things talked in the novel. I want to finish it so badly but school is killing me 24/7 at the moment