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- Compare and Contrast : Sir Percy vs. Chauvelin from the Scarlet Pimpernel
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- Many objects and people these days have the ability to be compared and
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- contrasted. For example, you could compare and contrast a dog and a cat. A dog
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- is most commonly a house pet, like the cat. But a dog has more of an ability to
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- be trained, unlike the cat. But it's not the subject of comparing a dog and a cat.
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- It's time to begin comparing and contrasting Sir Percy and Chauvelin from The
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- Scarlet Pimpernel, a book written by Baroness Orczy.
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- Let's start with comparing Percy and Chauvelin. Something that they
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- have in common is that they both are smart and creative. For example, Percy
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- showed his creativity by outwitting Chauvelin at the Chat Gris. When Percy
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- offered Chauvelin the snuff, but it really was pepper, that was definite creativity.
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- Chauvelin shows his smarts when he holds Armand hostage and blackmails
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- Margueritte. Really, how else can you think of that would make Margueritte do
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- anything for Chauvelin?
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- Another way that the two are alike is that they both are fighting for
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- what they believe in. Percy is trying to free the aristocrats, while Chauvelin is
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- attempting to prevent the aristocrats from leaving. Both are totally devoted to
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- their job and are fighting for what they believe. Like how Percy could get killed
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- at any time if he gets caught by Chauvelin. Speaking of Chauvelin, he himself is
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- not a liked man ; there are many that wouldn't mind his little head on a stick, eh?
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- The third way that Chauvelin and Sir Percy are alike is that they both use
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- disguises in the book. Percy uses a disguise when he is trying to smuggle out
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- aristocrats. His was of an old hag, and it allowed him to bypass the guards. He
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- said that he was toting along his son who had the plague. Percy also had many
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- accessories with his tricks. This time he used a rope of braids that Percy said
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- were from the men who's heads got cut off. Yikes! Chauvelin's disguise was of a
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- clergyman, used while he was tracking down the Scarlet Pimpernel. This
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- disguise allowed him to not be recognized immediately by Percy, but still he
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- recognized Chauvelin eventually.
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- Moving on to contrast, Percy and Chauvelin do not think alike. Yes, they
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- are both very smart, but Chauvelin plays dirty while Percy sticks to the rules. For
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- example, Chauvelin will kidnap people and blackmail them. He kidnapped
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- Armand and made Margueritte lead him to the Pimpernel or else Chauvelin
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- would kill Armand. Percy, on the other hand, plays fair and is very polite. Like
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- the time when Percy's life was in danger at the Chat Gris. When he was leaving,
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- and minutes away from his death, did he dash out the door? No, he politely paid
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- for his meal and left. Now that's nice !
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- Another thing that the two characters do not have in common is how
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- they direct their men. Chauvelin is more of a guy who will tell his men to do
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- something, yet Chauvelin doesn't do anything but direct. He will say, "Men,
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- shoot at that hut when the tall man comes!" But does he have a gun in hand?
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- Nope. Percy, though, will tell his men to do something, and you can bet that he
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- will be up there. Like when he rescues aristocrats, Percy is the one leading the
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- cart passed the guards, risking his own life.
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- The third thing that these two men don't have in common is their view's
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- on aristocrats. Sir Percy is fighting for his life to save these poor French souls,
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- but Chauvelin is trying his best to kill them all. Chauvelin's job is to find deliver
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- the aristocrats that are sinning on their country to Madame La Guillotine. Totally
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- opposite is Percy's job of rescuing these doomed French from death during their
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- revolution.
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- In conclusion, it's easy to see that these two men have a lot in common.
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- They are both smart and creative, they both fight for what they believe, and they
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- both use disguises sometimes. On the other hand, these men don't really think
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- alike, they are two different directors, and their views are different on aristocrats.
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- All in all, these two men share many similarities, but their differences outweigh
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- the similarities.