When I first started reading the book, it was difficult for me to understand what was going on. I would like to know exactly were they are and why. I do know the two main charaters are the narrator and Lou. They are two boys that come from good families, and are bestfriends. What I didn't catch from the book was why they are considerd lower class or peseants. There is so much detail and imagery its kind of hard to keep up with it.
My favorite part in the book so far, is when they set the clock backward or forward depending on how they feel. It was funny and clever, "Lou had a brainstorm: with his finger he slid the hands of the clock back by an hour...In the end we had changed the position of the hands so many times that we had no idea what the time really was"(15).
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Nice post! The boys aren't considered peasants--just the opposite in fact; they are "educated" and they need to be "reeducated" by the peasants to understand the real world. I love that part with the clock as well!
Thanks for pointing that out for me. After rereading chapter two it does become clearer. I am going to reread the chapters so I can get a clear understanding of the book.
Great idea to reread the chapters. I love doing that myself! I think one gets a better feel of the imagery on a second read.
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