Also known as Alexey Fyodorovitch Karamazov, Alexey, Alyosha, Alexey Fyodorovitch, Alyosha Karamazov, little Alexey.
Alexey Fyodorovitch Karamazov is the third son of Fyodor Pavlovitch. The narrator opens with him as the son through whom the tangled Karamazov household is first approached. At this first horizon, he is simply the youngest brother in a family already marked by two marriages, neglect, and scandal.
I-III. The Second Marriage And The Second Family
Alyosha is introduced as one of the two sons of Fyodor's second marriage, abandoned after his mother's death and raised away from his father with Ivan.
I-IV. The Third Son, Alyosha
At twenty, Alyosha is living as a monastery novice and is drawn to the elder Zossima. His gentleness, lack of condemnation, and rare gift for being loved set him apart even inside the Karamazov family.
III-IX. The Sensualists
After Dmitri attacks their father, Alyosha tries to hold the family together by speaking truthfully to both brothers and by answering Fyodor's frightened, jealous questions.
VII-IV. Cana Of Galilee
After Zossima's death and his own bitter crisis, Alyosha returns to the coffin, dreams of Cana of Galilee, and rises from the earth feeling inwardly renewed for life outside the monastery.
X-IV. The Lost Dog
Alyosha becomes a trusted friend among the schoolboys, especially Kolya, by meeting them without condescension and quietly drawing them back toward Ilusha.
XII-V. A Sudden Catastrophe
At the trial he recognizes Ivan's illness and begs the court not to trust Ivan's feverish self-accusation.
Epilogue III. Ilusha’s Funeral. The Speech At The Stone
At Ilusha's stone, Alyosha gathers the boys around a promise of memory, kindness, courage, and faith, giving the novel its final communal charge.
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