https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv The Count of Monte Cristo en-us 2016-10-17 17:17:35 UTC 2026-03-11 02:38:43 UTC hello@padlet.com 2036944 https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131238289  By, Alexandre Dumas]]> 2016-10-17 17:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131238289 2036944 https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131239126 Ella wehrlen]]> 2016-10-17 17:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131239126 2036944 https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131239735 pg-65- Edmond Dantes as been in the Chateau d'if for many months  and is just hoping that time will pass faster.
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I can connect to how Edmond is feeling in this part. I feel this way whenever the power goes out for a long time. I try to make the time go faster and try to find things to occupy myself with. ]]> 2016-10-17 17:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131239735 2036944 https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131245354 pg-67- Edmond started hearing a scratching sound coming from the wall
I think that the thing in the wall is going to be a rat. This is because it was stated earlier in the book that Edmond's cell was in the deepest part of the Chateau d'if, so if a prisoner was trying to escape they would be going in the opposite direction. Edmond also said there are many rats in his cell, it would make sense if one of them dug into the wall.  Dantes also said it sounded like an animal burrowing into the wall.]]> 2016-10-17 17:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131245354 2036944 https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131248692 pg-165
What kind of deal does The Count have with the women that follow him? He freely admits that Haydée is his slave, and he claims to have seraglios (harems) all over the world but is he paying or providing something to the girls or are fawning over The Count simply because he is a Count? ]]> 2016-10-17 17:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131248692 2036944 https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131250460 pg-60- Edmond Dantes has just been brought to his cell and describes the cell.
I can Image the state of the cell. It is a very shabby stone room that feels freezing to the touch. The ground is covered in dirt and other unidentifiable stains. There is one foul bucket in the corner that looks like it hasn't been cleaned in years and there is an awful smell emanating from it that fills the room. Unlike most of the other cells there are no windows in this room, which makes the sent stronger. ]]> 2016-10-17 17:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131250460 2036944 https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131251247 2016-10-17 17:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131251247 2036944 https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131251354 pg-112- Edmond and other prisoners have been taken outside to be executed. The scene describes when Dantes has a canon ball tied to him and is thrown into the water
I still don't understand why Edmond didn't drown. The way the page was written made it very confusing to me. The scene was written very lively which gave it a good tone but made it very hard to understand exactly what was going on. ]]> 2016-10-17 17:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131251354 2036944 https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131254556 (this summary is up to page 200)
The text is mainly about a man named Edmond Dantes, who is framed and sent to jail. When he escapes, he finds the island of Monte Cristo, an island full of treasure. With his new found riches, he begins to plot a way to seek revenge on those who sent him jail.

]]> 2016-10-17 18:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131254556 2036944 https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131307264 The big idea in this book is that revenge does not make someone happy. While most readers would agree that Dantes has every right to be angry and to seek justice, Dumas strives to show that despite all the effort that Dantes puts into getting revenge, in the end, he is not happy because of it. Rather, he gains contentment from restraining himself and by being willing to "walk away" at a certain point.]]> 2016-10-17 20:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131307264 2036944 https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131307446 A golden line for me is on page 267 when the count explains why he does the things he does,"What is truly desirable? A possession that we cannot have. So, my life is devoted to seeing things that I cannot understand and obtaining things that are impossible to have. I succeed by two means: money and will. I am as persevering in the pursuit of my whims..." The Count is saying that rather than doing things because he enjoys it, he does things because he can. Like a climber who scales a mountain because it's there. This is important because it shows how corrupted the Count truly became. At the beginning of the book, he felt lucky for life's simplest pleasures, but now he doesn't even do things he enjoys.]]> 2016-10-17 20:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/2036944/zmbqzv2i6xlv/wish/131307446