Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Journal Two- 1/9/08

Zosima:
It is very clear that the narrator uses Zosima to portray sympathy. Zosima is the Elder who instructs Alyosha. Zosima is very intelligent and loving. Zosima's message is clear: forgive others, love others, and value what God has made and brought about. It is in this way that Zosima is able to show sympathy to the sinner, unloved, the loved, the outcast etc.

At this point in time the controversy surrounding the elders is due in large part to Ivan ecclesiastical courts. This brings argument is argued by politics and theology.

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