BROTHERS+ANALYSES

Nenad,Harry,Steven

Ivan, son of [|Fyodor], is the middle son of the Karamazov brothers. He is born to Fyodor's second wife Sofya Ivanova. Ivan has many guardians during the course of the book. He is initially taken care of by Grigory. Proceeding Grigory's care Ivan is taken into the care of the lady who took care of his mother. Finally with the inheritance the lady gave him he is taken in by Yefim Petrovich. From here he goes to college and becomes a great writer. He becomes very good at writing expository essays. This developes further along with the plot of this book. He becomes a very smart man and uses this to attack theology. He is somehwere in the middle of [|atheism and the idea of a malicious God]. He is developed as the man who questions everything. Ivan developes into the Lisa Simpson of this book. Ivan Fyodorvich Karamazov also goes by Vanya, Vanka, and Vanechka as informal names in this book.
 * Ivan**

Dmitri is left by his mother at birth and in care of his father till age 3, when he is finally taken care of by his mother's cousin Pyotr Alexandrovich.
 * Dmitri**

In the Introduction to __The Brothers Karamazov__, Richard Pevear notes that Dostoevsky's life was 'disrupted by one tragic event"-the death of his "three-year-old son, Alexei. That's why it comes as no surprise that the "central character of the novel" would share the same name. [|Alexei], or Alyosha, presents an intimate and nearly indisputable look into the mind of the author. Through Alexei, Dostoevsky is essentially describing the beauty of purity and "open-minded forgiveness"- qualities that he saw in his own late son. On the middlebury website, they describe Alexei as a character that "embodies, above all, a love of humanity," which might describe why he is seen as the "mediating force between his brothers and the Old Buffoon(their father)." Even with the limited knowledge of the book that I have, Dostoevsky seems to be channelling a lot of the insecurities and regrets of his life into the pages of __The Brothers Karamazov__. Through the relationship between Fyodor and Alexei in the novel, Dostoevsky is saying a lot about the relationship between Fyodor and Alexei outside of the novel. Though Alexei died at a young age, Dostoevsky seemed to be troubled by his relationship, or lack thereof, with his son. By making Alexei "the closest thing to a more perfect human," I think Dostoevsky is trying to convey the unrequited potential of his late son, while, with Ivan and Dmitri, he is trying to convey the entirely present yet ultimately flawed offspring of his(Fyodor Dostoevsky) existence, decisions, and unsettling conscience.
 * Alexei**

Though not entirely the same, the movie The Darjeeling Limited is similar to The Brothers Karamazov in a few areas: in plot, in character development, and in the writers intent (or personal voice in a fictional story). In both stories, there are three brothers with conflictingly, unique personalities. And in both stories, the father of the three brothers is recently deceased. Though, The Darjeeling Limited doesn't involve a trial, it does involve a search for answers(closure) that comes as a direct consequence of the patriarch's death. Here is a trailer for the film:

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