![]() The three men are jealous of Dantés success as a young man and come up with a plan to put him out of his place. In his sadness, Fernand meets Danglars, a man who wants the captain position that Dantés has acquired, as well as Caderousse, Dantés neighbor who does not seem to like him. As Mercédès heart belongs to Dantès and always will, she turns down Fernand’s marriage proposal. ![]() Unknown to Dantès, Mercédès’ brother-like friend, Fernand, claims that he loves Mercédès and believes that he would be a better suitor for her than Dantès. Another man who wants the title of being captain is has had plans to marry Mercédès before he sailed out months ago and when he gets back, they expect to do so the next day. The man who owns the ship that Dantès has just returned with plans to make him captain, as the previous captain had fallen ill and died while at sea. He learns that his father had been living off of very little money without asking for support by anyone, as he did not want to seem like he was completely dependent on his son. Edmond Dantès has just returned from a three month long trip to his father and the love of his life, Mercédès. So far, just in the first few chapters, quite a lot has happened. What I like to do while reading is to put a small sticky on the page, bookmarking it if there is something interesting that I would like to talk about later for an essay or project. When I pull out a quote to talk about, however small or largely important to the book it may be, I tend to elaborate about it for a bit. I don’t ‘skip over’ the minor details or little parts to the story, I simply read them and put them to the back of my mind and deem them as unimportant, which often leads to me missing part of the upcoming context or not understanding it. I focus on a few sentences or a paragraph, at a time, taking my focus away from the other content. With annotations, I am more focused on taking notes on what i'm reading and a lot less focused and concerned about the content itself, since I elaborate on a few passages or sentences. They seem to distract me from the reading and it takes me hours to read a single chapter. Reading logs or annotations, personally, as good of an idea as they may seem, don't really help me. Or even if the people in the story are real and the personalities, dialogue etc. It makes the story more personal and relatable from the reader to the characters if you make up characters and make up dialogue. Literature enhances history because it gives a false story to true events and facts. Dumas wrote for his entire life, even up until a few years before his death. In 1829, Dumas had successful stories published including The Three Muskateers, The Prussian Terror, Henry III, His Court, and The Count of Monte Cristo. He spent the next six years as a clerk as well as writing plays on the side. When he sought out a job in Paris in 1823, he was offered a job as a clerk. Although he was not a good student, his handwriting was exceptional. Thomas-Alexandre’s son, Alexandre, was interested in writing. Alexandre admires Napoleon, almost idolizing him, despite putting him in a place where his family is left poor, with little to no money and resources to live off of. Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was good friends with Napoleon, being a general under Napoleon but later had a falling out and never got the money that he should have received as a former officer. The Count of Monte Cristo is set during the life of Napoleon Bonaparte in the late 1780’s, while he was in power.
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