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| A Piece of Bread |
Main
characters:
Duke de Hardimont: A wealthy aristocrat from France
who happens to befriend a poor soldier named Jean Victor.
Jean Victor: A poor soldier. Jean-Victor was a
tall, large young fellow but badly made; with feverish eyes and a hospital
beard. He was so thin that his shoulder blades stood out beneath his well-worn
cape.
Hardimont
learnt the news that France had lost a battle at Reichshoffen.
>He
enlisted himself in the regiment which protected the Cannon of Fort Bicetre.
>Jean-Victor
tried different works like chair mender, with masons, shop boy, floor polisher;
at the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the army.
>The
piece of bread is pivotal to the story. It is the piece of bread which brought
them together defying social barriers or class.
>Jean-Victor
sacrificed his life for his friend -Hardimont.
> Keep in
mind the small act of kindness shown by Duke de Hardimont to Jean Victor which
made Victor felt so loved that he went to the extent of putting his body on the
line although sadly it cost his life.
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