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Dostoevsky’s final novel “The Brothers Karamazov” is the greatest work done by him that I find. In “Rebellion,” chapter three of book five Ivan indicts God the Father for creating a world in which children suffer. Ivan gives several terrible examples of how innocent children have been abused, tortured, and killed by aggressive adults. He shows a stunning blow to the believer by first granting the existence of God and then giving examples which seemingly contradict any notion that He could possibly be a just God. The suffering of children is most irrational and unjust to Ivan, and also to Alyosha. Ivan wants Alyosha to reconcile such abuse with his loving God. His question is why young and innocent children suffer? Ivan gives examples of how a well educated man and his wife beat a seven year old girl, and how with each blow, the man and wife experience a “sensual joy.” (pg. 290) He also tells of a mother who smeared excrement in the face of her five year old daughter’s face when the daughter “soiled” her bed. The parents then locked the girl in the outhouse in the icy cold weather. All this time, the girl begged for “gentle Jesus” to save her. Why would such a powerful God allow this to happen?
Approximate Word count = 853
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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