The Count Of Monte Cristo

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A book is supposed to take the reader on a journey, to show how the characters grow and learn through its actions and the actions of others. In The Count of Monte Cristo, the protagonist Edmond Dantes takes a journey from innocence to experience. Alexandre Dumas is trying to show the life of a young man that had it all: the girl, the Pharaon, and living a good life, was innocent and wasn’t knowledgeable about the world around him, until he was imprisoned and punished for a crime that he didn’t do. His journey is similar to Joseph’s in the Bible. Joseph was well liked by his father, but not by his brothers. Jealousy got the best of his brothers, so they decided to sell him and make it appear as if he was dead. Joseph was then a slave and put in jail …show more content…
The only reason he became the next captain of the Pharaon is because he knows a great deal about sailing. Although he is poorly educated, Dantes has a large amount of trust in people. He doesn’t think he anyone can hurt him. He tells Villefort about the letter and that he was merely just doing orders from the dying captain. But Villefort, being a royalist, sees that the letter is going to his father, Nortier who is a bonapartist, so to help himself he has to burn the letter. Dantes is then locked in jail for a crime that he didn’t do. He is trusting Villefort, but all Villefort is doing is saving himself. It’s not until he is in the Chateau d’If that he realizes that people like Danglars, Caderousse, Mondego, and even Villefort are hurting him. While in prison he meets Abbe Faria. Abbe Faria is in Italian priest and scholar. Dante tells Abbe Faria how he ended up in prison. Abbe Faria helps Dante realize that he may have some enemies that planned to put him here. “…I have instilled in your heart a feeling that wasn’t there before: vengeance.” (pg number here) Abbe Faria then teaches Dantes Spanish,

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