Mr Gaudet
How could this character’s personality be described?
Cruel , Power hungry , Strange sexual tendencies
How is this character's appearance described?
Ginger hair, Portly , Well dressed
What events is this character most significant in?
Death scene/ house invasion, First scene where he torments the slaves, Part 1, 2 and part of 3 because he is the main reason for Manon’s oppression.
What are this character’s relationships with others?
Sarah – mistress/sex slave, Manon – wife/troubled relationship, Joel – Only character in the novel that he treats as an equal to himself, Mr Sutter - Work Acquaintance , The slaves
What words or phrases does this character frequently use?
Refers to people by their last names (Borden, Duplantier, Sutter) if not a slave and ‘them’, ‘they’, ‘she’ and ‘he’ if they’re a minor slave. He calls Sarah by her first name and occasionally calls Delphine and Rose.
When he writes he uses a lot more personal pronouns, most likely to take credit for others work
Uses words which look for obedience ‘expect’ ‘await’ ‘hope’ ‘imagine’ ‘trust’ ‘look forward to’.
What language techniques does this character commonly use?
Excessive of the personal pronoun ‘I’
Hyperbole to impress others
Interrogatives/rhetorical questions.
Simple and compound sentences.
Lots of possessive pronouns.
Semantic field of fighting/violence. Nearly always talking about slaves escaping and how to deal with them or how he has dealt with them.
Brushes the right side of his moustache when he’s nervous.
Only talks about another person after he’s finished talking about what he’s wanted to talk about.