1. Summarize, in 50 words or less, what has happened during this meeting.
Throughout this meeting, we discussed abundant of things about the importance of the setting, to the development of themes and connections to real life. Debating from interesting quotes and events that occurred throughout. This meeting was phenomenal as everyone had their own opinion and viewpoint of the story.
3. Record what you learned about character development and the relationships in the novel.
Sophie Lefèvre: Sophie is an 22-year old, who is a sister, wife and owner, along with her sister, of Le Coq Rouge, an hotel in St Péronne. She has a husband, Edouard who is fighting in the war somewhere in Amiens. Throughout, the story, Sophie struggles with a new
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This demonstrates Aurelien is a static character seeing that he is tough and ruthless doing things that aren’t allowed to further assist his country in the midst of war.
Édouard Lefevre: Edouard is Sophie’s husband fighting on the front lines in Amiens, France. He is a creative artist and an unorganized person where supplies, food was scattered everywhere. Edouard is a smoker, often talking about politics and caring the wants and needs of Sophie. The character is a static one as throughout the book the narrator hasn’t spoke much upon Edouard only his interests and what occurred to him.
Kommandant: A commander of the German soldiers stationed in St. Péronne during the war. He is the antagonist in the story since he and his army are controlling the town and adding restrictions preventing trade, communication and travel. The Kommandant can be seen polite and caring at time, but shift to being immoral, appearing as a dynamic character who develops and grows along with the story.
4. What themes were apparent in this section of the novel?
The thematic apparent in this story is romance, war and poverty. The story spiral around war and poverty when Sophie’s husband Edouardo must leave to fight in the front. The Germans occupied the town and forcing the residents to give up resources to them. This was the point that seems to keep occurring for Sophie, feeling anger and hatred as she had cooked the finest cuisine to
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