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Cyrano de Bergerac

Dakota Cohen

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4-4-08

The book we just finished reading was called Cyrano de Bergerac written by Edmond Rostand. It is a fiction because it is a drama. I also think the theme is don’t judge a book by its cover because people shouldn’t judge people before you get to know them.

In the book a man named Cyrano who has a big nose and is not very attractive but he is also a strong willed man and can talk very sweetly. There is Roxane who is beautiful and cleaver. Lastly there is a “Romeo” named Christian who is handsome and not very bright, he is unaware how to talk to women who are more intellectual than himself. Cyrano is deeply in love with Roxane but she unfortunately doesn’t know. Roxane is in love with Christian’s outer beauty. The two men; Cyrano and Christian team up and try to steal her heart.

The characters express this theme by Roxane being to “good” for Cyrano and she doesn’t give him a chance because he is ugly with a huge nose then she thought that Christian was sweet and smart because Cyrano wrote the letters to Roxane for him.

I can relate to this theme because I don’t think people should judge people just by what they look like, they should judge them by at least their inner beauty. In our school people don’t talk or make fun of people who are not in their standards.

In conclusion I liked the book I liked the end the most. I thought the theme fit the story.