Alain-Fournier's "Le Grand Meaulnes"
In Alain-Fournier's novel, Le Grand Meaulnes, several key characters played intricate roles within the development of the novel. The two main characters, Meaulnes and Seurel, pass a majority of their time through reliving Meaulnes' adventure he had one day. The two males try to live their lives according to the adventure and the risks that were taken, as well as trying to relate the adventure to other children who had no basis for comparison, which proved to be a very difficult task. One character, Yvonne de Galais, played a very intricate role in the procession of the plot. Yvonne's role was multi-faceted. She played the sought after woman that Meaulnes had met, and she was also a reason for living and trying to escape the town in which the to boys had lived. Yvonne was also a fantasy. Meaulnes had known her for a very short time, but as a young boy he imagined himself being with her for the rest of his life and trying to find her proved to be a difficult task, even f! To answer on of the questions at hand, Yvonne de Galais' is a tragic pawn in a male fantasy of romantic self-fulfillment. Meaulnes, the day he was at the estate of Yvonne, spent what to him seemed like an eternity with her, whe
giving the orders on that particular day. He shows this when Fournier says on page 65, "Augustin begged her to stay for a moment. His manner was awkward but in his voice there was so much perturbation that she listened, and walked along more slowly." When you truly love someone, you hold them on a pedestal, and you don't exactly know what to say or what to do when they are in your presence. This is what is happening to Meaulnes. He is scared that he might say something that will offend Yvonne, his fantasy woman, and she would run away and they would never speak again. However, Yvonne did stay and cared about what young Meaulnes had to say to her. While he was in her presence, he became very conscious about what he said and how he went about saying it. This is evident on page 66 when Meaulnes states, "'The name I gave you was a more beautiful one.'" Yvonne replies by saying, "Really? And what was it?" Meaulnes refuses to say what he really thought her name was because! In conclusion, childhood adventures and experiences are the basic building blocks of your adventures and experiences as an adult. As you grow older and become a more mature person, you look back at all the good times, as well as the bad times you had as a child, you reflect upon them. You look at your adventures in a different light, a light that wasn't there when you were having these adventures, and this light makes you think about what exactly you did, and for what reason. Reflection is an intricate part of understanding. If you look back upon your previous experiences and don't understand what possessed you to do what you did, there was no understanding, you didn't reflect upon your actions and understand the deeper meaning of the lesson that you learned. In the story, reflection is nonexistent. As the two boys grow and mature into adult men, they look back at their childhood experiences and try to relive them. But as you become older it becomes harder and harder t! Yvonne was a major part in the story and she had a very large role. She was however, the major cause of the dilemma of the story. Yvonne's character led the two young boys, Meaulnes and Seurel, to live a life of adventure and enjoy childhood experiences while making attempts to tell others about the experiences and adventures. However, this is virtually imp
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Approximate Word count = 1569
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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