Brick!Club 4.8.3-4.8.6 The problems of isolation and Eponine is Cool
More LOVE! Seriously. There have been quite a few comments from others about the whole isolation thing Marius and Cosette have going on and I tend to agree. The two of them are still adorable though. Though I wish both of them would be open with others about what's going on... yes I suspect that if they suddenly told Valjean now he'd still overreact but it'll be worse if he discovers it on his own... I'm thinking they should have let him know after the first evening or something... and Courfeyrac is just cool here...
And Eponine, Marius serioously should've done something for her for helping him instead of forgetting all about her... "It is an error to think that passion, when it is pure and happy, leads man to a state of perfection; it simply leads him, as we have noted, to a state of oblivion." Ya think? I'm being a bit harsh I admit but I also admit that I'm kinda surprised Hugo thinks we'd assume passion would automatically mean perfection... I mean passion in it self isn't an automatic positive... one could say Thenadier has a passion for conning people or serving himself, that musical Javert at least has a passion for JUSTICE, and THE LAW, and we would never consider either of those a positive or would lead to perfection...but perhaps I'm reading too much into one line. I do agree with Hugo that sometimes well meaning individuals just forget to do things some times when they get one track minded like our dear Pontmercy,
"The following day was the 3d of June, 1832, a date which it is necessary to indicate on account of the grave events which at that epoch hung on the horizon of Paris in the state of lightning-charged clouds." Is Hugo hinting that something tragic is going to happen... I think he is.
I can't think of much else to say than that. I mean, the whole confrontation between her and her Father and the others... just wow she's got some nerve. It's also kind of sad though.. She fears nothing because she's suffered so why be afraid?
But the way the dialogue as the guys leave amuses me a bit. "As they went, Montparnasse muttered:—'Never mind! if they had wanted, I'd have cut her throat.'
Babet responded 'I wouldn't. I don't hit a lady.'" I think that in away this does show the respect Babet has for Eponine, since he apparently considers her a lady, but it also just seems a bit well Brujon, who "made verses and songs, which gave him great authority." (also kinda intriguing as how does that make you an authority as a criminal?) says we shouldn't attack so lets scram but it is abit awkward that we got scared away by a girl so... yeah.
I just watched Muppet Christmas Carol tonight so what's coming to my head seeing this is some dialogue of the Marley brothers... which I feel a need to rephrase sorta...
But yeah. I am kinda wondering why it's a chapter all alone. I think some of it is because is probably Hugo building up tension about things somewhat and trying to emphasis his point through the use of breaks.
Back to our oblivious lovebirds who are dealing with their own problem. And I know I know I should be feeling more sympathy for them... being separated from someone you love is sad and the possibility of never seeing them again is tragic... but the chapter just feels so melodramatic, part of me feels if there had been some COMMUNICATION this wouldn't be an issue. Mind you I'm still at a loss of HOW one would communicate this Valjean but still. and the whole I owe money to this great friend of mine you don't know only solidified this point to me.
And the whole possessing each other paragraph- on one hand kinda romantic on the other it suspiciously feels a bit one sided with more references to he guy owning the girl... am I being oversensitive? Perhaps this is why one doesn't write these posts past midnight. O_o
