I read yesterday the first four chapters of the "Silk", and what an amazing impression, right? For me, it seems that there is a lot of irony in these chapters, but we can say that is a good irony, at least, what can we hope about a man who lives in a small city called Lavilledieu (La - ville Dieu [the city of the God]) that transform a rough and crude product of the nature and a smooth and delicate product of mankind?
Be that as It may, it does not seem to us that a man whose his father hopes that he should be a soldier and, otherwise, have decided to be a builder of the pleasures? Let me know what you think about that.
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I'm not sure I understand what you are saying in most of the second paragraph? I understand the basic message of that paragraph to be that you want to discuss maybe the irony of him making beautiful things when his dad wants him to be a soldier.... Who often destroy things? But that is pulling from the title and first paragraph for meaning somewhat.
I haven't gotten started on the books at all yet. But even just knowing some of the silk process, it comes from destruction too. Tearing up the caccoons or killing the silkworms.
Hi @GoingGreenMon. Exactly, but the point for me is no the parts of the silk process because evidently, every transformation implies some destruction and reconstruction, either in nature or made by humans. However, I wanted to emphasize the contradiction that is given by the context, i. e., is expected of Hervé Joncour that him joining at the army, nonetheless, he follows another path. In my opinion, it seems that the author wanted to stand out on this point.