group a schoolboys on a bridge. Alyosha meets these boys, who all seem to be carrying rocks, .
on a bridge. He starts up a casual conversation with them, but soon finds out that they are not in .
the mood to talk. There's another schoolboy, by himself, on the other side of the bridge who .
throws a rock into the crowd. The boys retaliate, so he throws another rock and this one hits .
Alyosha in the shoulder. The boys cry out that they are aiming for him because he was a .
Karamazov. Alyosha goes over to the boy, who is bleeding after getting hit in the head with a .
rock, and asks him why he was throwing the rocks. The boy tells him to leave him alone, so .
Alyosha tells him that he wasn't teasing him and walks away, and as soon as he does this he gets .
hit in the back with a rock. The boy tires to provoke Alyosha to fight him, but Alyosha won't .
have it. The boy realizing that he won't attack ran at Alyosha and bit his hand. Alyosha .
screamed in pain, then after bandaging his finger asks the child if he's happy now that he's .
badly wounded him. He again tells the child that he doesn't know him and doesn't understand .
why he's doing what he's doing. The boy now breaks down into tears and runs away, leaving .
Alyosha there with his finger almost bit off. (161-164).
This story shows children as what children are; little adults. Children can be just as cruel .
as adults, so why should they be treated differently? Why feel so sorry for a child who dies if .
they were just as cruel as some adult? I don't know the answer to that question, but it's a point .
that should be brought up. The boy that bit Alyosha's finger had a reason, which you find out .
about later, but the other boys who were throwing stones at the him had been making fun of him .
earlier that day and he wanted vengeance, and it just so happened that Alyosha came along. This .
chapter shows suffering to children in that children will suffer sometimes for the actions of their .
