As I read the chapters, I thought of how the title is so contradicting to the style of the book. A Simple Soul, the book is not even near simple, the over descriptions of a house a garden are just so complex and so complete, that the name of the book is pure irony. “The new moon illumined part of the sky and a mist hovered like a veil over the sinuosities of the river. Oxen, lying in the pastures, gazed mildly at the passing persons. (Chapter II).” The sentences are about the same length. The imagery is very notable. I also enjoyed the way words, foreshadowed some events in chapter III Virginia, the little girl is very ill and living at a convent. She comes back, “Virginia walked in it, leaning on her mother's arm and treading the dead vine leaves.” (Chapter III) notice the word dead vine leaves, it foreshadows Virginia’s death. As Virginia walks towards death the same way, she treads through the dead leaves.
It is felicities nephew who dies, but when Madame Aubin compares Virginia to Victor it guessed that Virginia was next to die. The description of Victors death, it can be representing how somebody else is dying, the words “Here goes another one!” are rather insulting or diminishing human life. “He died almost instantly, and the chief surgeon had said: "Here goes another one!"(Chapter III)
So far the story is, enjoyable I like the way I can relate it to my history class, when they speak of American Revolution. After these mentions, I can imagine the way they lived easily, for what I know of the time. I liked the style of how is unpredictable and I had to read several times to understand the exact meaning of the words.
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