Fathers and Sons is a novel about two young men, Arkady and Bazarov, who have recently graduated from the University of Petersburg and travel to the countryside to visit their families. The two men quarrel over several women they fall in love with and, in the end, Bazarov dies of typhus and Arkady marries one of these women, Katya. The novel examines the generational differences in Russia at the time, between the old generation and a younger generation of nihilists. The novel presents love as a redemptive force.
In the novel Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev Arkady one of the main characters seeks to find himself while being influenced by philosophy and friends that contradict his true feelings At the beginning of the novel Arkady is a devout follower of his friend Bazarov and his teachings of Nihilism he seems to be under Bazarovs control He appears immature and weak minded without ideas of his own while subscribing to the Nihilistic views of Bazarov Throughout the novel Arkadys thoughts and actions r
The theme of mans inhumanity to man is a theme which makes the reader think about how we torture each other because of our need for power in our lives It is true as seen in this novel that there are essentially evil individuals who are impossible to redeem and that the evil they do affects all people around them Assef is such a character He enjoys hurting others physically emotionally and psychologically If there is a Hell he is bound for it However there is also the evil found in all of us no