Question

how did Jean Victor describe his stay with the chair mender?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The managers put me as apprentice with a chair mender in Faubourg ... Toward midnight Jean-Victor awoke, being hungry probably.

Answer 2

Jean Victor describe his stay with the chair mender

• Jean-Victor tried a variety of jobs, including chair repair, working with masons, being a shop boy, and floor polishing before enlisting in the army at the age of 18.
• The story's central element is the piece of bread since it broke down social and class boundaries to bring them together.
• The stale bread that Hardimont carelessly threw away sparked a dialogue, and the two soldiers hit it off.
• When the sergeant shouted Duke's name, Jean-Victor volunteered to do the job in Hardimont's place because he was touched by his comrade's generosity and goodwill. However, Jean-Victor met a tragic end at the outpost when he was shot through the head with a bullet and died without saying a word.
• The story also shows how different their lifestyles were—Jean-Victor lived in misery and hunger while Duke de Hardimont was an aristocrat who enjoyed all the luxuries of life. Jean-Victor serves as an enlightening figure in Hardimont's life because he felt and realised the harsh realities of human life.

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