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The Schoolboys' Stone Fight

Also known as Six against one.

The Schoolboys' Stone Fight is the roadside clash Alyosha interrupts on his way through town. Six boys throw stones at a solitary boy across the ditch, and the solitary boy returns fire with equal fury. Alyosha steps forward to shield him, but the boy turns his rage on Alyosha too and leaves him with a badly bitten finger.

Epilogue III. Ilusha’s Funeral. The Speech At The Stone

At Ilusha's funeral, Alyosha names the fight directly as the moment when the boys once threw stones at the boy they came to love. The memory becomes part of the compact at the stone, binding shame, forgiveness, and friendship together.

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