THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV:A REVIEW

                                                      

                To call Fyodor Dostoevsky, the author of 'The Brothers Karamazov', a genius would be the understatement of the year. Let’s just say he is the writer who converted his own feelings, thoughts and ideals into words with the most precision in all of the known human history. Ah! That indeed would describe his writings. “If I could finish writing this book, then I would die happily for I would have completely expressed myself.”-these are his own words about the novel written in a letter to his elder brother.

             With all due respect he truly deserves the title ‘FATHER OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL REALISM in literature.’

              The novel revolves around a typical Russian family-The Karamazov. Fyodorovich Karamazov and his three sons Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha. The three sons actually represent the different stages through which Dostoevsky had passed through in his life. Dmitri represented honorable man with contradicting feelings and passions, Ivan the socialist and Alyosha, a man of god. Through their actions and speeches, Dostoevsky had clearly demonstrated the different stages through which a normal human life passes, filled with alternating joy and sorrows. The novel also reveals how one’s age influences ones’ beliefs and ideas.

          The novel also depicts the basic Russian society, which prevailed during his time, a time when the Russian Christian orthodoxy conflicted with the new rising ideal of socialism and also a moral conflict between the Russian aristocracy and the peasant life.

           The novel also tries to answer some of the humanity’s most challenging questions like the existence of god and devil of an after life and of the worthiness of life.

            This novel is almost like a guide for the youth, all over the world and for all times .the three kinds of youth, the first of “what the hell. You can kiss my ass” nature. The second of “I don’t care. You do what you want” nature and the third of “of course dude. We will give it try” nature.

             My favorite part is ‘THE GRAND INQUISITOR’, a chapter in which Jesus Christ comes down to earth during the Spanish inquisitional time. It’s worth your life reading that chapter.

            It clearly depicts the declining morale of the Vatican Catholicism during the inquisitional era. Opinions on god like ‘if there is no god, then he will have to be invented to prevent chaos ‘is sure to leave a lasting impression in you. There is also a chapter where the devil has chat with Ivan.

 

          All-in-all, the novel has all the key ingredients of humanity: love, lust, anger, extreme rage, paternal and maternal love, childhood memories, agony, seclusion, lunacy, a true psychological revolution, a kind of a Russian gospel.   

WORLD FAMOUS SERIAL KILLERS: The Men Who Are Monsters Revealed

                                                            

                    "THE READER OF THIS BOOK WILL DOUBTLESS COME AWAY WITH A GLOOMIER VIEWS OF HUMAN NATURE THAN THEY BEGAN WITH………….THE SERIAL KILLER IS A PRODUCT OF OUR AGE JUST AS THE HIGHWAYMEN WERE THE PRODUCT OF THE 18^TH CENTURY"-this is how the book’s conclusion begins. 

                 And true in fact, anyone who reads this book will be humiliated for the sake of humanity.

             This book leaves you imagining what it would be like, all those notorious crimes. In fact, the book led me into a startling discovery that I myself could become one such savage if not checked at the right moment. Or possibly, someone close to you could become a serial killer or is already one. Thus, this book somersaults your entire conscience.

               I personally do not recommend this for children or frail hearted women because there are many savage, blood chilling and squeamish accounts of murder retold throughout this book. Don’t let this book inspire you in the wrong direction, that would be a disaster. Teens, who read this, may get attracted to the ways and mannerisms of famous murderers, their sexual passions, sadist feelings, drug usage, homosexuality and cold blooded heart. That, then would exactly be the reverse of what the authors would have actually wanted.

                  Authors COLIN and DAMON WILSON are quite a celebrity brothers because of their great literary contributions to the world of criminology. If anyone has the expertise to create such a book on such a matter, it would be the WILSON brothers.

 

                  The book recounts tales of world famous murderers like:

JACK THE RIPPER, THE DUSSELDORF VAMPIRE, MOORS MURDERERS, THE RED SPIDER, CHRISTIE THE MONSTER AND EXTREME SAVAGES LIKE ANTONIO CHIKATILO AND CARL PANZRAM.

                 Despite of the book’s extreme nature and some x-rated recounting, its worth and more the 4 pounds you spend on it.

COLIN WILSON