Friday, January 17, 2025

Fyodor Dostoevsky

 Absolutely—it is both possible and worthwhile for a teenager (or anyone) to read Fyodor Dostoevsky and draw lessons from his works. One of Dostoevsky’s central messages, repeated across several of his novels, is about the transformative power of love and empathy—and how they require genuine effort in daily life.


A Short, Public-Domain Excerpt

Below is a brief passage from The Brothers Karamazov (Part I, Book II, Chapter IV), which entered the public domain long ago (Dostoevsky died in 1881). This excerpt is often paraphrased as “love in action vs. love in dreams” and highlights the difference between imagining love and actually practicing it in day-to-day life:

“Active love is a harsh and fearful thing compared with the love in dreams. Love in dreams thirsts for immediate action, quickly performed and with everyone watching. Indeed, it will go as far as giving one’s life, provided it does not last too long and is soon over, as on a stage, and everyone is looking on and praising. But active love is labor and fortitude…”

(—From The Brothers Karamazov, translated by Constance Garnett, 1912.)


Why This Matters for a Teen’s Life

  1. Love Requires Action: Dostoevsky suggests that talking about caring for others is easy, but doing it—consistently and wholeheartedly—is challenging. For a teenager navigating friendships, family, and school life, this underscores how real compassion calls for patience, understanding, and follow-through.

  2. Facing Reality vs. Idealized Dreams: Teen years are often full of ideals and big dreams. Dostoevsky reminds us that genuine growth and positive impact come through persistent, sometimes uncomfortable effort—rather than just good intentions or grand gestures.

  3. Empathy Beyond Appearances: Especially in a social-media-driven age, it’s tempting to aim for displays of kindness that look good in public. Dostoevsky’s lesson is that true empathy might go unseen; it’s often a quiet, day-by-day practice of helping those around us, whether or not there’s applause.


Where to Read Dostoevsky for Free

Since Dostoevsky’s works are in the public domain, you can legally download or read them online at:

6 above dhe over

  above dhe over 

  1. më lartë se …’’ ,mbi’ , above ose over 

          Si above ashtu edhe over mund të përdoren me kuptiminmë lart se…’ ,mbi…’.  

  • The water came up above/over our knees. 

  • Can you see the helicopter above/over the palace? 

 

  1. above – ‘jo drejtpërsëdrejti mbi…’ 

Above është më e përdorshme kur duam të flasim për dicka që ndodhet ‘jo drejtpërsëdrejti mbi… (dicka tjetër)’. 

  • We ’got a little house above the lake. 

 

  1. over : ‘duke mbuluar 

Over përdoret për të treguar që një gjë mbulon dhe/ose prek një tjetër. 

  • There is cloud over the South of Albania. 

  • He put on a coat over his pyjamas. 

            Over / across përdoren për të treguar që një gjë përshkon një tjetër (shiko9). 

  • The plane was flying over / across Denmark. 

  • Electricity cables stretch over / across the fields. 

 

  1. above : për madhësi 

Above përdoret në matjet e temperaturës dhe të lartësisë si dhe në raste të tjera kur mendojmë që ekziston një parametër vertikal. 

  • The temperature is three degrees above zero. 

  • The summit of Everest is about 8000 metres above sea level. 

  • She’s well above average in intelligence.  

 

  1. over : për moshë , shpejtësi , ‘më shumë se’ 

Kur duam të flasim për moshën dhe shpejtësinë, si dhe kur duam të themimë tepër se…’ , përdorim  zakonisht over dhe JO above. 

  • You have to be over 18 to see this film. 

  • The police said she was driving at over 120 kmph. 

  • There were over 100,000 people at the festival. 

 

  1. see above / over 

E shkruar në një libër ose në një tekst, ‘see above’ ka kuptimin ‘shiko dicka të shkruar më parë/më lart’ ; ‘see over’ do të thotë ‘shiko në faqen tjetër’. 

Ndryshimet ndërmjet below dhe under janë të ngjashme.