The Margin

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The Suffering of Children

Also known as the sufferings of the children, these little ones.

The Suffering of Children is the focus Ivan chooses for his protest to Alyosha. He sets aside adult suffering and insists on children as innocent beings who cannot have earned punishment or moral debt. The examples he recites are meant to make any future harmony morally impossible to accept at their expense.

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The Suffering of Children