Three brothers have daddy issues. They react to their father’s evil nature and aren’t sure whether to laugh or cry or go to court once he gets murdered. The Brothers Karamazov (say it with us: kah-rah-MAH-zuv) explores how these individuals, born into similar but not identical circumstances, each perceive the figure of their father differently based on their own sense of self, their memories, their personality types, and their basic principles and beliefs.
The three brothers are each unique individual snowflakes with natures that guide their thinking and acting. Dmitri has passion, Ivan’s got the brains, and Alyosha has purity and faith.
In what ways do these foundational characteristics shape and color the way each relates to their father? As for the pops, does the novel present a singular truth concerning Fyodor Karamazov or is the truth of the character, in a sense, relative to the perspectives of the three brothers?