God Answers the Questions Asked by the Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky In Dostoevsky's novels, pain and the heavy burden of the inevitability of human suffering and helplessness form the Russia. And he paints it not with white gloves, nor through the farmer's bladders, but through people close to him and his reality: city people or those who have faith, or secular humanists so far from reality that even when they love humanity, they despise humans because of their inability to achieve or create heaven on earth. His novels The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment are the best examples of the poisonous effect of such ideals on the common man. The rebellion of these humanists against the system and the reality of human life becomes more important, so love becomes the filter and servant of pride and ideals. The cause of the 19th century liberals becomes more important to them than the actual human being who may not fit into the picture of their perfect and humane society. Through these intersecting and overlapping problems and opposites, Dostoevsky describes social issues, especially the problem of murder, through the image of people going through pain. It presents the graphic experience of those who do not know how to deal with humanity and its problems. Dostoevsky himself does not give a clear solution nor does he leave the certainty of faith as an example. He himself says: Finding myself lost in the solution of these questions, I decide to ignore them without any solution. (From the Author. The Brothers Karamazov)Through the presentation of crime and the question of money that is often connected to it, Dostoevsky tells a Bible... middle of paper... Frank, Joseph. Dostoevsky: The Miraculous Years 1865-1871. Princeton University Press. NJ, 1983. Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Stories. Tr. Andrei Goncharov. Progress Publisher Moscow. USSR, 1971. Dostoevsky, Fyodor. A writer's diary. Tr. Kenneth Lantz. Northwestern University Press. IL, 1993.Kabat, Geoffrey. Ideology and imagination. Columbia University Press. New York, 1978. Dostoevsky, Fyodor. The Karamazov brothers. Tr. Constance Garnet. WW-Norton & Company. New York-London, 1976. Dostoevsky, Fyodor. The devils. Tr. David Magarshack. Penguin books. London, 1953. Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and punishment. Tr. The Coulson. WW-Norton & Company. New York-London, 1989. Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Notes from the underground. White nights. The dream of a ridiculous dream and excerpts from The House of the Dead. Tr. Andrew R. MacAndrew. A classic with a seal. New York, 1961.