Alexandre Dumas was born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie on July 24, 1802, in Villers-Cotterêts, France (Bio.com). Alexandre Dumas family lineage can be traced back to the Haitian island where his father was born and his grandmother was a slave (Bio.com). The Dumas family name was adopted from Alexandre's grandmother, an enslaved Haitian woman named Marie-Césette Dumas (Bio.com). This is an interesting fact about the author because of the presence of strong racial tensions in this time period. Alexandre Dumas did not strongly endorse his African lineage and actually has been quoted as calling himself white. In 1822, Dumas moved to Paris and immersed himself in literature (Bio.com). There he worked as a scribe during the 1830 revolution (Bio.com).
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In the beginning on the novel we see the hot-headedness of the main character d’Artagnan. He stops in the town of Meung on his way to paris and gets into a fight with a gentlemen who makes fun of him and his mount (Wordsworth, 1993). The gentleman and a group of his lackeys beat d'Artagnan unconscious. When he comes back to his senses he realizes they stole his introduction letter to Monsieur de Treville, head of the King's Musketeers, the elite group of soldiers who make up the King and Queen's personal bodyguard. Disheartened but still in high spirits he heads to Paris to continue his journey, there he meets the three musketeers. The musketeers names are Athos, Aramis and Porthos, strong loyalists who defend the honor of the King and Queen at any costs (something that is obvious throughout the course of the book) (Wordsworth, 1993). France at this time is experiencing a divide between the loyalists, or people who side with the King and Queen, and the Cardinalists, people who side with the Cardinal, a religious leader. D'Artagnan sees the man who beat him unconscious in Meung and chases after him, but runs into Athos and his temper gets him into a duel scheduled for 12 noon. In the same day he runs into Porthos and Aramis and has duels scheduled
In the beginning on the novel we see the hot-headedness of the main character d’Artagnan. He stops in the town of Meung on his way to paris and gets into a fight with a gentlemen who makes fun of him and his mount (Wordsworth, 1993). The gentleman and a group of his lackeys beat d'Artagnan unconscious. When he comes back to his senses he realizes they stole his introduction letter to Monsieur de Treville, head of the King's Musketeers, the elite group of soldiers who make up the King and Queen's personal bodyguard. Disheartened but still in high spirits he heads to Paris to continue his journey, there he meets the three musketeers. The musketeers names are Athos, Aramis and Porthos, strong loyalists who defend the honor of the King and Queen at any costs (something that is obvious throughout the course of the book) (Wordsworth, 1993). France at this time is experiencing a divide between the loyalists, or people who side with the King and Queen, and the Cardinalists, people who side with the Cardinal, a religious leader. D'Artagnan sees the man who beat him unconscious in Meung and chases after him, but runs into Athos and his temper gets him into a duel scheduled for 12 noon. In the same day he runs into Porthos and Aramis and has duels scheduled