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Manech's 'Mmmm': A Character Analysis
In 1917, during the end of World War I, there was a stand-off of the great war. The germans had been spraying the French with deadly gases and they have demoralized the french army. In a very long engagement, five French soldiers during the battle of the Somme Shot themselves, some intentionally and some accidentally. The reason why they did this was to try and escape a war. But they all were granted one way to ticket towards execution.They were forced by their own troops to run through no man’s land between German and French trenches. In the beginning, it appeared that all five soldiers have died, But one of the five soldier’s fiancée named Mathilde, never gave up hope in finding her true love.Her heart felt like her fiancé was not yet dead. …show more content…
The reason she doesn’t stop pushing her luck is because she can’t forget how much she loved her fiancé or what her fiancé has carved on the church bells, “MMM”, Manech’s aime Mathilde.During her surprising discoveries about how the corrupted system of the French government took care of men who tried to leave the front lines. In both ways, it was a lose-lose situation because they were considered dead anyways.She also discovers the other men who were condemned to be executed with “Cornflower”, she asks a private investigator for help to find out what really happened to her fiancé in no man’s land. Sadly, after many attempts to approach the fact he isn’t dead, she would hear One of the five soldiers story confirming Cornflower’s death. Thankfully she received a letter from German Pire saying not to move that he is coming. Where final she knows for sure that her one true love is still alive. Unfortunately, she discovers the horrible consequences of war trauma and how her beloved fiancé has amnesia and doesn't really remember her yet she puts that aside and is grateful he is back, we finally see her tears yet these were out of

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