The Grand Inquisitor is an adaptation from The Brothers Karamazov, a novel written by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It is a Russian novel, set in 19th century Russia. The Inquisitor, the part of the story that we are dealing with, is a discussion between two of four brothers, Ivan and Alyosha. Alyosha is the youngest brother, of about twenty years of age. He is preparing to become a monk in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Ivan is older, …showed first 75 words of 685 total…

…showed last 75 words of 685 total…be happy for eternity. But, he does not want to have to work for it. He is just too damn lazy to work for it. That is what I get out of this story. Maybe I am wrong, maybe there is something else to see, and maybe I am totally on the wrong track. Whatever, What I see I think is true, and so I think that this is a well-written story, though somewhat complicated.