So it went.

The third chapter of Flaubert's A Simple Soul, is titled Death. Not surprisingly, two people die in this chapter. One is Victor, the cousin. And the other one is Virginia, Madame Aubain's daughter.

Something that can be immediately deduced from the chapter is that Flaubert believes that death doesn't care. Similarly to Vonnegut. Who presenced so many deaths that they lost their importance. Except that in this story, Felitice does care. This tells a lot about Felicite as a character. (Connecting it to what we learned today in class.)

I'd say that Felicite is very naive and sweet. She worries about others, probably more than what she worries about themselves and she feels overwhelmed with a world that is stronger than her. This explains why she doesnt complain, even when she dislikes something and also why she fears God's wrath. Felicite knows that deep in the end she could be harmed in any ways and that is why her contact with death is so important. It probably makes her realize that she's not going to stay there forever.

My prediction would be that she will leave the house. She will finally start living a life for her own and follow her dreams. Yet, she could instead maintain her attitude towards life, and towards others and feel consumed in the inside by his desire to act, that she is forced to retain in spite of her fear.

Either one, her experiences with death will add more depth to the story and to herself.