There was no nature, he believed, where there were Parisians,” (Clark, 2007, p. 104). One of the many commentators mentioned, Monsieur Bartavel, was confused by what he saw. He felt as if the city and its surroundings were an illusion of sorts, what one saw was not what they were given. Instead of being welcomed with greenery and sun, he was presented with factories, rude individuals, and too much sun without any shade (Clark, 2007, p. 105). In addition to the changing landscape, there was also a struggle in determining what classified as bourgeois and what did not. The urge to redefine the middle class citizen was resisted as every individual did not know the true definition of Paris and what it entailed. This was deemed as ignorance, the ignorance was linked to vulgarity, and the trait of being vulgar caused said individual to become incapable of being called
There was no nature, he believed, where there were Parisians,” (Clark, 2007, p. 104). One of the many commentators mentioned, Monsieur Bartavel, was confused by what he saw. He felt as if the city and its surroundings were an illusion of sorts, what one saw was not what they were given. Instead of being welcomed with greenery and sun, he was presented with factories, rude individuals, and too much sun without any shade (Clark, 2007, p. 105). In addition to the changing landscape, there was also a struggle in determining what classified as bourgeois and what did not. The urge to redefine the middle class citizen was resisted as every individual did not know the true definition of Paris and what it entailed. This was deemed as ignorance, the ignorance was linked to vulgarity, and the trait of being vulgar caused said individual to become incapable of being called