Comparison of French Representation in Cartier and Lahontan Texts

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[...] « Lahontan. - Do you call living happily, being forced to sleep on four bad blankets of beaver, of being dressed in to make three hundred leagues on foot in the dense woods,? ? » (L.1. to L.4.) Explanation 1.1 Explanation 1.2 The cross placed in this way on the tip of the entrance to Gaspé this is a territorial claim specific to the French colonization method since the beginning of the 16th century which propels the indigenous person directly into a situation of domination It is not only about French colonization, "VIVE THE KING OF FRANCE but also that of the Church, « a thirty-foot-high cross, merging with the monarchy of France, which aims to spread Christianity. [...]

[...] Step Comparative Development Plan Point of view : In the two texts, the French are not presented in the same way. Main Argument 1 Jacques Cartier presents the French as colonizers focused on the quest for territory and religious expansion, while in the text of Baron de Lahontan, attention is more focused on the potential of natural wealth. Sub-argument 1.1 Sub-argument 1.2 The Cross planted by Jacques Cartier at Gaspé directly testifies to the French will to colonize this territory, in addition to marking with clarity an unconditional attachment to the Church, to the King. [...]

[...] On the other hand, Baron de Lahontan lived under the reign of Louis XIV, who also exercised absolute monarchy but in a more lavish style. In this context, we will see that the era has influenced the authors' perception of the French. We will start by evoking the colonization method before pursuing intercultural exchanges with the colonized populations and finally addressing their vision of the Amerindians, certainly devaluing but different. Number of words ?125? [...]

[...] He reinforces his statements with an enumeration, in amplifying the wealth, the luxuries of the richest French, notably by using terms from lexical field of the beauty with the terms « beautiful. Step Writing the introduction Through their writing, Jacques Cartier, favorable to the monarchy and the Church, and the Baron de Lahontan, more inclined to social critique, allow us to learn more about the French. At the time of Jacques Cartier, King Francis I strengthened the power of the monarchy and appointed bishops. [...]

[...] to L.15. « ?; and that we wanted to bring two of his sons with us, and then we would return them to the said harbour. (L.21. to L.22. « Adario. - Hey How many of you are there who sleep on straw, under roofs or attics that the rain penetrates from all sides, and who have trouble finding bread and water? (L.11. to L.12. « ?not to find the state of the Europeans preferable to that of the Hurons. [...]