SLAVIC 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter Book IV : Salekhard, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Wound
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Father ferapont: father zossima says that the aim of seclusion for the a monk is to realize that he is responsible to all men for all and everything, for all human sins, national and individual. Madame hohlakov informs alyosha that fz"s prediction that a soldier would return from battle to his mother after not having sent word for months came true. Regards "elder system" as pernicious and frivolous innovation. His craziness attracts people some people agree with him . Behaves like he is crazy (75 years+ old) To his visitors he is brief, abrupt, rude. Tall, thin, fresh and healthy face, considerable strength. Some people belief father ferapont can speak to spirits and that is why he is so quiet. Father ferapont admits to the new monk that he can see the holy spirit and the devil. Guest monk from obdorsk is a another skeptic of the elder system.