French literature III

Nature At Work

Selected Works

Nature in context with the novels read , deals with the environment that consciously or unconsciously forms the character 's behavior and their nature as individuals . Distinction is made between a conscious affirmation of the environment which leads to an eventual change or an unconscious effort that transforms the character into passivity . The function of influence works to ultimately consume or assimilate the character into stagnation or to provide an avenue for change and development exemplified through different scenarios and experiences . The character , through the experiences

brought about by nature , may lock itself on passivity or a complete acceptance of the pervading norms (e .g . round character . Consequently , the environment may also provide an opportunity for experience to become formative therefore contributing to a change in viewpoint or nature of the character (e .g . dynamic . For example , Michel in The Immoralist rediscovers that his sexuality becomes of the intellectual environment he was pressured to live in . Duras ' The Lover is a symbolization of sexual repression brought by a society that considers certain relationships as taboo . Rastignac 's social conditions allow him to aspire for a higher social perspective . In overview , the consequent surrounding that each character lives in becomes a relative experience as though the environment is a character itself the indirect experiences caused by interaction unconsciously reinforces or influence the nature of the character . An exception would be Mersault in The Stranger since his nature is not formed by prior experience but remains as a...