49 pages 1 hour read

Charles Belfoure

The Paris Architect

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

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Essay Topics

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In the beginning, Lucien considers himself a selfish person and is motivated to help protect Jewish people through disgust for his own cowardice. Would he have helped if he was not a coward in the first place?

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Celeste calls Lucien “an architectural Mephistopheles,” saying he is a collaborationist willing to sell his soul for the chance to design. Is she right? Why or why not?

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Lucien expresses anti-Semitic views throughout the book but eventually takes Pierre in and comes to consider him a son. Did Lucien stopped being anti-Semitic or is he simply making an exception for the only Jewish child with which he has spent a lot of time?

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