Madam Bovary – Chapter 1

Describe :

– Characters : Charles Bovary (son ), Charles Bovary (father), Madame Bovary (mother), Madam Bovary (wife), school kids, head-master, and the doctor in Tostes.

– Setting: There are multiple settings in this chapter, but in general events take place in early 19th century in France.

– Theme: Pressure, obligation to become what the parents want him to be. Middle class family trying to gain social status so the pressure falls on the son to get them to make the leap to the upper class society.

– Narrative point of view : Narration starts off as a first person narrator ( as a character) then changes to a third person objective narration and changes between the two.

– Tone : You feel sorry for Charles for not having a say in his own life.

As a group we all agreed that we would like to read the rest of the novel. The reason is the author describes the characters, places, even small, mundane objects so perfectly that you can almost see them coming alive in front of your very eyes.

Group Members : Marissa ( Note-taker),  Aygun (Presenter), Seyhan (Poster), Ben (Editor)