Almost the Final Post

A really important issue to understand this book is that many words are written in French to preserve the origins of the story; however it is difficult to understand the meaning when many French words are said in one phrase.  After I have read more than twelve hundred pages, I realized I can´t remember many of the characters that appear at the end of the stories and that were mentioned at the beginning. It is too difficult to recognize the connection between many characters because the author doesn’t mention it as a statement, but the readers most infer it.

If I had the option to go back in time and choose another book for this activity I would probably do it because it has been really difficult for me write about an story that is not extremely clear in my mind.  

My second opinion about Edmon Dante’s

I have to reconsider what I posted on my first opinion of Edmon Dante´s. I talked positive about the Count in the first post because he was looking for revenge and none wouldn´t do that after what they done to him; however as I advance in my reading, I have seen that the Count start harming innocent people to get what he wanted. He achieved enough hate in his heart to destroy many innocent lives without hesitate.

I think that the most affected character is Andrea Cavalcanti, he is selected by the count to be a piece in the revenge against Danglars. Edmond promoted the marriage between this character and Eugenie (Daughter of Danglars), saying that Andrea was a millionaire Italian prince and that the marriage would bring back to life Danglar´s business. As readers may have guessed, Andrea was not rich and at the wedding the police try to arrest him, shaming Danglar´s family.   

Reed really works.

I started this blog when I have already read more than six hundred pages and right know I am at page 1190 which is almost the end of the book. , This activity of reading and posting has not only improved me new vocabulary, but it has also introduced me into this author novels. I really liked this novel and I think I would like to read another Dumas novel which will probably be “The Three Musketeers”. Some other authors have already caught my attention like “Stephen king” or “Brandon Sanderson” because they are known all around the world that that leaves a good impression.

I am quite sure that reading novels in English will keep my abilities at top. I have already got two books to keep this strategy, those books are “Elantris”, written by Brandon Sanderson, and “the game of thrones”, which is a resent HBO novel.

My personal opinion about Edmond Dantes

Edmond was a good person before his great tragedy; he had neither cruelty nor the malaise inside him. After he suffered physically and mentally so many years, he was not the same person. No human can suffer that much and have no further consequences.

From my point of view, the count is a lonely soul who has been transformed and has to bear his own decision of punishing does that have made him suffer. It is because of this decision that he can´t be the person he was. Inside his mind he has no other purpose than vengeance.  If he could pardon, then he could recover his old life and be truly happy; however, I will not judge him as it might not be easy to pardon all that evil.

On the other hand, the count has also good intentions with does he loves. He looks after Hayde more than a real father would and he cares about Ali and his servants more than any other master would do. 

Traditions I have learned from the book.

The book has shown me many traditions in Franc and how they were carried out in that period. One thing that caught my attention was that if you were challenged by someone, you could only deny the duel if that person had a lower economic position. Also the person that was challenged was supposed to choose the weapon used in the duel, which could be a sword or a gun. I have also learned other traditions. In wealthy families, the marriages were arranged according to the needs of the family, Sometimes the marriage arrangement was because of economic interest, sometime for political interest and some other were made to erase some hostile feelings between two families.  All this costumes are quite different from what we are used to do in the twenty century and the costumes will probably be changing even faster than before.

About M. Nortier

M. Nortier is the father of M. Villefort and he supported the Napoleonic strike against the king´s government. He is a character which I admire in this novel because he became paralytic in an accident and even when the only thing he can do with his body is move the eyes, he can clearly transmit his desires and his thought to the people that he knows and love.  He is given a treatment to restore his movement; however it is a poisonous substance that if drunk in a big quantity by someone who is not costumed to it will die very fast. His servant was the most loyal men he had in his life and the servant also loved Nortioer´s granddaughter. One day in which the servant had helped Morrel to enter Villefort´s house, the servant was out of breath and so the granddaughter told him to drink a lemonade which was at a table. The lemonade was poisonous and so he died and Nortier showed maximum respect and love for this person. At the end of the story, Nortier helps her granddaughter and M. Morrel to get married.  

The Count´s new life

Some time has passed since the last part of the story I told. In this new part the count is already a known and important character in the society. He has shown his richness to everybody, and has bought a house in the Avenue des Champs-Élysées that once belonged to M de Villefort. Thanks to one of his servants Edmond knew that Villefort had committed a crime a long time ago in that house. With this advantage he starts his  revenge against this character. While all this happens, a new character has appeared, he is M. Morrel (the old Edmod´s boss) son, who also carried his name. This character is not wealth as his father used to be, however he is not poor. This new character has fall in love with Villeforts daughter but she is already engaged to Frans de Spinay (the one that became friend of the Count in Italy). Morrel ask for help to the count and Edmond does not deny it. Returning to Villeforts crime, is has been made long time ago when madam Dangalrs was not married yet. They used to be lovers and a baby was born due to his acts, however the baby was sick and not shore if alive or not, Villefort was about to bury him when suddenly he was stabbed in the back and lost conscience. The baby disappeared. The secret remained safe between them until know that Edmon´s knows it. 

So far, this is one of the best writing design I have ever read, the way in which the character are connected between each other is very complex, but terrific.