CONTINUING+THE+WRITING+LIFE(CARJAM)

As Dostoevsky was ready to continue his writing career, there were many conflicts going on in Russia that influenced his books to come. An author by the name Leo Tolstoy, challenged Dostoevsky to write an inspiring and epic novel of his own. Tolstoy's new book was loved and respected by both the people and the critics. Dostoevsky saw this brilliant novel as motivation to create his own. This novel was first named //Atheism// and evolved into a book that was expected to five volumes. The name changed to //The Great Sinner// and the five volumes were to be linked by one hero.

Before publishing //Brothers Karamazov,// he had "one more important novel to write." This last and final novel was of great importance to the entire novel's overall performance. In December 1869, Dostoevsky was left in "great moral shock" when he first heard about the Ivanov murder in Moscow. However, he knew right away that this trajedy was crucial to finishing his novel. Dostoevsky said that "this was not a murder motivated by money or passion, but by ideas." This novel shows which feelings were accepted and which ones were rejected suchs as "love, brotherhood, hatred, violence and murder." Throughout his novel, Dostoevsky describes his judgment of his own "revolutionary past and of prevailing revolutionary philosophies."