jueves, 10 de noviembre de 2011

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.   

miércoles, 2 de noviembre de 2011

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.