In Search Of Honor Quotes

One may have picked Jacques or Louis, but theres a better character. His name is Pierre Joseph Aumont. He is a prestigious character who is very helpful to the protagonist. He was chosen for this paper because he is a wise man, and knows what his duties are and when and when he is not needed. Readers may like Pierre's helpfulness, but some may not like him because he leaves Jacques, the protagonist, later in the story. As an overall though, Pierre Joseph is a wise, smart,holy, and helpful man. As readers get further into In Search of Honor they will acknowledge that said character, Pierre, is actually a prisoner in the Bastille. Better yet, Pierre is said to be a mad man so they, the workers of the Bastille, lock him up in the calottes. The calottes are the highest points of the eight towers in the Bastille. They are the most wretched cells, rats would crawl everywhere and if they were not fed they would feed on the characters. Pierre was not mad though, he was …show more content…
By Jacques, he goes home with him. This is a major part in the novel because Jacques learns from Pierre Joseph. Even though Pierre Joseph's mindset or feelings do not change he still has some major changes occurring. Such as when he lives with the protagonist, he is idolized by the "people tired of tyranny" as the protagonist calls them. (Hess 252) He is idolized for the sole reason he had been kept prisoner for so long. this makes Pierre Joseph upset “Come, bear with me. I am angered by such savagery. As for the honor those men meant to give me, you must see my point: they would have cheered a roasted pig as heartily as they cheered me if it had been lifted up before them by Danton." (Hess 253) To the readers, this is an important feeling from Pierre Joseph. His actions later in the story are tied to his anger from the