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Senin, 15 September 2014

Summary of Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo (Chapter 1 - 4)



Chapter 1
The Return of The Pharaon
A ship named Pharaon stopped at the dock of Marseilles of French after a long journey from Italy. People came in crowd to see the ship. It’s a habit to see a ship arrived the dock whether they come in good or bad condition. The owner of The Pharaon, Monsieur Morrel was really exciting to see what was happening. He entered the ship with a help of the ship crew and had a conversation with a young man name Edmond Dantes. Monsieur Morrel had just been told that the previous captain of the ship was died of fever. So he thought Edmond Dantes was deserved to be nominated as the new captain. Edmond Dantes did what the last captain told, he was delivering a package to a guy who lives Isle of Elba, the place which Napoleon was isolated.Some people disliked Dantes because they were envy of Dantes promotion. Afterwards, he came to his daddy’s house and took care good of him. He also had a girlfriend who was named Mercedes. When he entered Mercedes’s house he saw a guy inside the house. The guy was only a friend of Mecedes. Dantes was cool and calm about it and acted naturally and he was happy seeing his girlfriend. The crew ship guy Mr. Danglers and Caderousse, and Mercedes’s friend Fernand didn’t like what Dantes has achieved and reached. They planed something bad for him.

Chapter 2
Falsely Accused
Dantes and Mercedes held the betrothal feast and they               were having fun because they were getting married soon. But in the middle of the feast a police came and captured him. He was so worried about this. Police thought that he is a secret agent of Napoleon. They thought that that would lead to rebellious act to French. Mercedes was so sad about this and she was worried about him. Dante wouldn’t able to lead the ship so Mr. Danglers had to lead. A politician Villevort tried to know what was going on and interviewed Dantes with couple of questions. Villevort himself was accused that he wasn’t loyal to the king because of his father was a follower of Napoleon. Villevort told Dantes that he would destroy the letter that Dantes carried. Dantes just agreed with that. Suddenly a guard came and brought Dantes to a high security prison located in rock in the middle of the sea.

Chapter 3
A man without hope
He was shouting to the guards that he was an innocent. He kept trying to them that he didn’t do anything wrong. But that wouldn’t make a change. He was locked to the prison for years. He was so desperate. Villevort finally had a position in French because of an information he gave to The King. Because of the long sadness, Dantes’s father died in sorrow even though Mercedes tried to take care of him. She was so worried about the condition of Dantes and she couldn’t stop thinking about him all the time. Mercedes didn’t even know about his condition whether he’s still alive or died. After all King Louis still reigned the French.

Chapter 4
Escape
Years after years he was desperate and didn’t know what to do. But at that night he heard something noisy  that heard from the wall. He was curious about it and tried to find out he thought that it would be another prisoner who tried to escape from this high maximum prison. So he tried the same thing afterwards. He used  his metal food pot to dig the hole. For a long time he kept doing that and finally he met the other prisoner. The prisoner said that his name was Father Faria. They started telling their stories and share their feelings. They decided to escape together from the prison because if not they will be locked till death. One time Father Faria told  Dantes the reason why Dantes went to the jail. It was Villevort who made that up. Villevort’s father actually is Napoleon follower and he would to save himself. One moment they did what they planned but Father Faria wouldn’t able to go with Dantes because of his sickness so he left a paper about the treasure in Isle of Monte Cristo to Dantes. He considered Dantes as his own son. Dantes was sad because his only friend in prison died. He made a new plan. He put Father Faria’s body on his own bed while he put himself on a big dead body sack and brought a knife within. The guards then thought that Father Faria is died and should throw him away into the sea instead of Dantes. The plan was success and he made it. He cut the sack after he was thrown to water.

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