THE ANALYSIS OF
GUY MAUPASSANT’S THE TWO LITTLE SOLDIERS
By
Muhammad Al-Fathaan
Summary
The
two little soldiers named Luc and Jean always spend their free time on Sundays
away from their camp. They spend their time out in the countryside. This
"free time" became their ritual thing. Every Sunday, they bring a
food and wine for their breakfast. They always came to the same spot in the
woods and sit to enjoy their food,wine, and the views of an area that reminds
them of home.
One
day, their free time involves the presence of a young village girl who brings
out her cow to the grass field every week at the same time when they spend
their free time. One day, the girl met them and speaks to them as she’s on her
way to the grass field. After she came back from the grass field, she shares
the cow’s milk with them. After that she leaves them and promise that they’ll
the following Sunday.
On
the next weekend, Jean suggests to Luc that they should bring something for
her. They choose candy as their present, but when the girl arrives, they are
too shy to tell her that they’ve brought something for her. At last, Luc
encourage himself to tells the girl about the treat, on the other side, Jean
who always brings the provisions, give her the bonbons.
As
the weeks pass, the two soldiers always talking about the girl when they were
in their camp. The three become a friends. The girl starts to share her
breakfast meal and seems to put and equal attention to both of the soldiers.
Then,
something unusual happen, Luc tries to leave on Tuesday and the following
Thursday. He borrows money from Jean without any explanation. But Jean still
gives him the money.
The
next Sunday, when the girl shows up with the cow, she rushes up to Loc and they
hug each other. Jean is really hurt and does not understand why suddenly the
girl turned all of her attention to Luc. Luc and the girl disappear into the
woods to take care of her cow. Jean is stunned. When they return, Luc and the
girl kissed, and the girl greets Jean and gone.
They
never speaks about the accident. When they return to the camp, they stop for a
moment on the bridge over the Seine. Jean leans over facing the water, then
suddenly fall down into the torrent. Luc can’t do anything but watching his
good friend drowns with a pain.
Characters
and Characteriziation
1.
Jean Kerderen
Jean
Kerderen, the main character, the main role. He is kind and love being together
with his friend, Luc. In this lines, shows that Luc is always together with his
friend, Luc.
Every
Sunday, as soon as they were free, the little soldiers would go for a walk.
They turned
to
the right on leaving the barracks, crossed Courbevoie with rapid strides, as
though on a
forced
march; then, as the houses grew scarcer, they slowed down and followed the
dusty
road
which leads to Bezons.
Everywhere Luc go, Jean always with him. And they always
have the same mind.
They always stopped for a while
on the bridge at Bezons, and looked at the Seine. They
stood there several minutes,
bending over the railing, watching the white sails, which
perhaps reminded them of their
home, and of the fishing smacks leaving for the open.
He also care to his friend, Luc.
In the story Jean was worried that Luc was’t came back until ten o’clock in the
night. He also give Luc a money when Luc needed, even though Jean don’t know
what will Luc do with the money.
One Tuesday something unusual happened to Luc Le Ganidec; he asked for leave
and did
not return until ten o'clock at
night.
Jean, worried and racked his
brain to account for his friend's having obtained leave.
The following Friday, Luc borrowed ten sons from one of his friends, and once
more asked
and obtained leave for several
hours.
2. Luc Le Ganidec
Luc is the second main character here. He’s almost the
same with Jean, kind, always thinking the same with Jean, but more brave than
Jean.
She was a tall, strapping girl,
freckled and tanned by the open air--a girl typical of the
Parisian suburbs.
Once, on noticing that they were
always sitting in the same place, she said to them:
"Do you always come
here?"
Luc Le Ganidec, more daring than
his friend, stammered:
"Yes, we come here for our
rest."
But there’s a time when Luc
forgetting his friend and ignored him. When Luc and Jean walking together to
their usual place as usual, the girl came and Luc came towards her and both of
them kissed, and Luc knew that Jean was watching, and he ingnored it.
Soon the girl appeared.
They watched her approach as they always did. When
she was near, Luc arose and
went towards her. She placed her pail on the ground
and kissed him. She kissed him
passionately, throwing her arms around his neck, without
paying attention to Jean,
without even noticing that he was there.
3. The girl
The girl is a minor character, in the story she’s
described as a friendly , nice smile and a dilligent girl, and she always
brings her pail with her.
Soon they would see the girl,
coming through the fields, and it pleased them to watch the
sparkling sunbeams reflected from
her shining pail. They never spoke of her. They were
just glad to see her, without
understanding why.
She was a tall, strapping girl,
freckled and tanned by the open air--a girl typical of the
Parisian suburbs.
Once, on noticing that they were
always sitting in the same place, she said to them:
"Do you always come
here?"
Luc Le Ganidec, more daring than
his friend, stammered:
"Yes, we come here for our
rest."
That was all. But the following
Sunday, on seeing them, she smiled with the kindly smile of
a woman who understood their
shyness,
Setting
The story describe a two little soldiers that placed in a
barracks, French countryside not far from Courbevoie. From the looks of it,
looks like a war time but really quite and peacefull. They always have their
free time on Sunday.
Every Sunday, as soon as they
were free, the little soldiers would go for a walk. They turned
to the right on leaving the barracks,
crossed Courbevoie with rapid strides, as though on a
forced march; then, as the houses
grew scarcer, they slowed down and followed the dusty
road which leads to Bezons.
The next setting is the little forrest of Champioux, where they usually go when
free time, to enjoy their time, eat their breakfast and let go their tiredness.
They never spoke during
their journey, going straight before them, the same idea in each one's mind taking the place of conversation.
For at the entrance of the little forest of Champioux
they had found a spot which reminded them of home, and they did not feel happy anywhere else. At the crossing of the Colombes and Chatou roads, when they arrived under the trees,
they would take off their heavy, oppressive headgear and wipe their foreheads.
Next is the bridge at Bezons. They stood there several minutes,
watching the white sails
that reminded them of their home.
They always stopped for a
while on the bridge at Bezons, and looked at the Seine. They
stood
there several minutes, bending over the railing, watching the white sails,
which
perhaps
reminded them of their home, and of the fishing smacks leaving for the open.
The last is their camp or barrack. In this story the
barrack was mention 3 times, at first , middle , and last. But the most
important one is on the last. When Luc came back from the bridge after he saw
his friend died drowns in the river with heart full of pain remembering what he
did.
Luc ran back to the barracks,
crazed, and with eyes and voice full of tears, he related the
accident:
"He leaned--he--he was leaning--so far over--that his head carried him
away--
and--he--fell--he
fell----"
References
Maupassant,
Guy de. (1850). Two Little Soldiers. The
Entire Original Maupassant Short Stories.
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