The construction of a Christian character - Alyosha from "The Brothers Karamazov" (first part)

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Aloísio de Sales Goes

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“The Brothers Karamazov” incontestably became one of the greatest world literature classics. Undoubtedly figures as one of the main works from the Russian author Fyodor M. Dostoievsky. The book tells the story of the complex Karamazov family, specially the disturbed relation among the father Fyodor Pavlovich and his sons: Dmitri, Ivan and Alexei. Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov or “Alyosha” is the youngest son. He is a monk, a character with a fascinating personality. Throughout the plot the reader naturally falls in love with the young guy and his peculiar attitudes. The object of this work is to verify if the author obeyed “in the character building” the inclusion of minimum elements referent to the life of a “Christian” as: calling, combat (in this first part of the paper), discernment and joy (in the part to come).

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de Sales Goes, A. (2020). The construction of a Christian character - Alyosha from "The Brothers Karamazov" (first part). Brasiliensis, 9(17), 169-186. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8128533
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Aloísio de Sales Goes

Advogado e escritor, bacharel em Direito pela Faculdade do Vale do Itapecuru (Caxias – MA). Autor do livro “O Prefácio” e coautor do livro “Pessach”.

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de Sales Goes, A. (2020). The construction of a Christian character - Alyosha from "The Brothers Karamazov" (first part). Brasiliensis, 9(17), 169-186. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8128533