Braxton Jackson
3rd Period English
December 2, 2016
The Count of Monte Cristo
In The Count of Monte Cristo protagonist Edmond Dumas takes a journey from innocence to experience. Author Alexander Dumas takes Edmond on a path to maturation. On Dantes path to maturation he goes through many obstacles and changes. Some of which involve Intellectual, Social, Spiritual, and also Wordly changes. Alexander Dumas (author of the novel) describes this journey in chronological order to take the reader on the path of Dantes maturation.
Although, Dantes has poor education he turns into a intellectual man. He learns math, physics, history; also develops survival skills such as how to see in the dark, how to construct weapons and tools, and how to build physical strength. He knows a great deal about sailing and the sea, but nothing else. He only spoke French fluently, but yet he had a limited knowledge of Greek and Italian. But Dantes learns how to speak Spanish, English, German, …show more content…
He does not know who Nortier is and, therefore, believes Villefort is trying to help him. But now Dantes understands what jealousy is. He also knows what it can lead people to do and he discovers that some of his friends were really enemies by realizing how jealous they were of him. The people that were jealous of him hurt him by betraying him and by framing him for a crime that didn't do and he went to jail for it.
As stated in The Count of Monte Cristo, "But you must be in three months,for the Pharroh cannot sail without her captain,"(17)
With Dantes spiritual belief he is grateful to God for what he has. But he feels that he is merely lucky. He does not seem to believe that people are truly evil. He trusts most people almost completely but rather than blind faith in the inherent goodness of man and God. Dantes realizes that evil does exist in the world so he turns to God for hope and Abbe Faria for
3rd Period English
December 2, 2016
The Count of Monte Cristo
In The Count of Monte Cristo protagonist Edmond Dumas takes a journey from innocence to experience. Author Alexander Dumas takes Edmond on a path to maturation. On Dantes path to maturation he goes through many obstacles and changes. Some of which involve Intellectual, Social, Spiritual, and also Wordly changes. Alexander Dumas (author of the novel) describes this journey in chronological order to take the reader on the path of Dantes maturation.
Although, Dantes has poor education he turns into a intellectual man. He learns math, physics, history; also develops survival skills such as how to see in the dark, how to construct weapons and tools, and how to build physical strength. He knows a great deal about sailing and the sea, but nothing else. He only spoke French fluently, but yet he had a limited knowledge of Greek and Italian. But Dantes learns how to speak Spanish, English, German, …show more content…
He does not know who Nortier is and, therefore, believes Villefort is trying to help him. But now Dantes understands what jealousy is. He also knows what it can lead people to do and he discovers that some of his friends were really enemies by realizing how jealous they were of him. The people that were jealous of him hurt him by betraying him and by framing him for a crime that didn't do and he went to jail for it.
As stated in The Count of Monte Cristo, "But you must be in three months,for the Pharroh cannot sail without her captain,"(17)
With Dantes spiritual belief he is grateful to God for what he has. But he feels that he is merely lucky. He does not seem to believe that people are truly evil. He trusts most people almost completely but rather than blind faith in the inherent goodness of man and God. Dantes realizes that evil does exist in the world so he turns to God for hope and Abbe Faria for