Jacques Belmont (![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jacques_belmont) wrote,@ 2008-05-06 22:32:00 |
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Answers to Marguerite
1) People who like cats are said to be suckers for doting on selfish animals who can never return the affection you show them. Is this somewhat representative of the kinds of people Jacques befriends? Is he selfless? Not particularly- Jacques likes cats because they don't look hurt when he ignores them to study or write. His friends tend to be people who share his ideals or his particularly strict brand of Jacobinism. He is selfless only when it comes to the republic and for perhaps three people (his mother, and his two closest friends). He would make any sacrifice demanded of him for his country or by said three, though his country before all.
2) Does Jacques enjoy music and if so, what is his favorite aria? He does like music and, in fact plays the cello very, very badly. His favorite aria is 'Se vuol ballare signor contino' from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, which he considers the best contemporary opera yet written, based on the best contemporary play yet written.
3) Jacques's feelings about his father aren't the happiest. How does this affect his relationship with his mother? Does he resent her for putting up with an emotionally unavailable husband? This made him much, much closer with his mother. Jacques admires her for what he sees at trying to keep her marriage functional with so little encouragement from his father. His mother was extremely manipulative and he still believes her implictly, so any and all blame for his miserable childhood goes to his father, not his dear mother who kept trying and trying with so little encouragement, all because Jacques ought to know his father, but how could his mother know that his father was such a corrupt, emotionless enemy of liberty, etc.
4) If Jacques could be reborn as an animal, what would he be and why? Probably a horse, for the constant sense of purpose and drive.
5) Shamelessly because of the Hornblower, how is Jacques around boats and would he consider a voyage to India or the Americas, if he could? Yay Hornblower! Like Hornblower, Jacques gets violently sea-sick. Since his only experience on boats has been the Channel crossing and he was sick for all of it, he would probably balk at sea-voyage. Though he admires the United States, his admiration is not enough to get over what he thinks would be three months of constant illness.
1) People who like cats are said to be suckers for doting on selfish animals who can never return the affection you show them. Is this somewhat representative of the kinds of people Jacques befriends? Is he selfless? Not particularly- Jacques likes cats because they don't look hurt when he ignores them to study or write. His friends tend to be people who share his ideals or his particularly strict brand of Jacobinism. He is selfless only when it comes to the republic and for perhaps three people (his mother, and his two closest friends). He would make any sacrifice demanded of him for his country or by said three, though his country before all.
2) Does Jacques enjoy music and if so, what is his favorite aria? He does like music and, in fact plays the cello very, very badly. His favorite aria is 'Se vuol ballare signor contino' from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, which he considers the best contemporary opera yet written, based on the best contemporary play yet written.
3) Jacques's feelings about his father aren't the happiest. How does this affect his relationship with his mother? Does he resent her for putting up with an emotionally unavailable husband? This made him much, much closer with his mother. Jacques admires her for what he sees at trying to keep her marriage functional with so little encouragement from his father. His mother was extremely manipulative and he still believes her implictly, so any and all blame for his miserable childhood goes to his father, not his dear mother who kept trying and trying with so little encouragement, all because Jacques ought to know his father, but how could his mother know that his father was such a corrupt, emotionless enemy of liberty, etc.
4) If Jacques could be reborn as an animal, what would he be and why? Probably a horse, for the constant sense of purpose and drive.
5) Shamelessly because of the Hornblower, how is Jacques around boats and would he consider a voyage to India or the Americas, if he could? Yay Hornblower! Like Hornblower, Jacques gets violently sea-sick. Since his only experience on boats has been the Channel crossing and he was sick for all of it, he would probably balk at sea-voyage. Though he admires the United States, his admiration is not enough to get over what he thinks would be three months of constant illness.