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Name: Alexandre Montague

Age: 49 Gender: Male Occupation: Cabinetmaker Social Class: Third Estate Financial situation: Generally okay. Most of the time has enough to sustain him and his family, but fluctuates depending on whether or not people are buying his work. Appearance: A medium build. His age shows in his facial features. He is at a fairly average height. He is usually dressed to work, with tough clothes to work with wood carving. Location (Map of France, Map of Paris Must be in the Paris region.): Near 77 Rue de Charonne. Habitual locations: (where are you found most of the time?): Typically found in his shop near 77 Rue de Charonne. Daily routine: (typical day for you): Wakes up and heads down to his shop. Spends most of the day carving in his shop, selling his work and getting orders for specific crafting. In between, he mentors his apprentice, who is also his son. Personality/Quirks/Unique Personality Traits: He is a fairly amiable person in general. One thing that makes him furious is the vast gap between the third class and the 1st and 2nd classes. He greatly believes in the Enlightenment idea of equality. He is meticulous, especially in his work, and greatly dislikes carelessness. He has a trace of stubbornness in his personality. Past/individual-family history: He had a fairly good upbringing and had a good education. His parents fell ill one day and he struggled to keep the family going. Eventually, they passed away and he had to sell his home and move away. He moved to Paris, where he thought he could pursue his goal of becoming a skilled cabinetmaker. There he went into apprenticeship for a long time and eventually started his own shop. Family: (spouse? siblings?...): His wife, Isabelle Montague, and his son, Jacques Montague. Social relations with your own and other classes (people you deal with or know about in the class, AND your opinions and feelings about them): Jacques Montague: His son and apprentice, he adores Jacques. Alexandre was joyful when Jacques showed an interest in learning about cabinetmaking. He enjoys teaching Jacques about his profession. Francis DuPont: A friend of Alexandre that is helping him out in managing his shop. Alexandre strongly trusts Francis in managing the shop and helps Francis out in his own life. Religion: None Education: Pretty well educated. Mainly knows math to work on his creations. Languages you speak: French Main privileges and/or hardships: The main hardships that he faces are that the heavy taxes usually barely leave him with enough money to support his family. Also, the amount of customers he has fluctuates frequently so income is not predictable. Portrait: (find one online and paste it in)

=Diary Entry #1 - June 25th, 1789= Today, I went over to a stage on business about some prop chairs I had to make for a play. When I was there, I ran in to an actor there. His name was Tristan Petit. I tried to start a conversation about the recent events that took place-The third estate was working to make a constitution that was fair to the people. It turned out that news did not travel much to this area and the actor had no idea what was going on. I explained the situation with the third estate being kicked out by the king and that they named themselves the National Assembly and moved their meeting area to a tennis court. I also told him my strong views about supporting their actions. I thought that it was finally time that we, the common people, took action in the matter of balancing the great inequality between the overly rich classes and the common class. He seemed to really jump at the idea and enthusiastically started to support the National Assembly and their ideas. I told him that we can talk again if I have to make another prop and visit here. We said bye and I returned back to my shop. Overall, it was an interesting day.

=Diary Entry #2 - October 16th, 1793= Today, was a pretty big day. I was walking to meet my friend Francis's brother when I passed by Marie Antoinette's execution. At the execution, there were many people all crowded and crammed by the guillotine, anticipating Marie's final moments. They were jeering at Marie as she was forced to the guillotine. As I was passing by, I muttered "That Robespierre has gone too far." A young boy near me overheard me and asked why I had that opinion. He introduced himself as Bernard Montague and clearly expressed his support for radical Robespierre. He even said "They should kill all the royal family!" I told him that the royal family can't actually go against the revolution, so killing them is just a waste of lives. I also said many of the other executions that went on were also a waste of lives. He started saying that the royal family were heavily responsible for the poor situation of France so that we should kill them for punishment. Some of his friends called to him, so he just left. I just started walking on again. All I can say is that this radicalism is not going to end well.

=Diary Entry #3 - October 15th, 1800= Today, I had woken up early to buy some supplies for the family and my shop. I was looking for some new tools to continue making a chair. I met a tradesman whose name was Tristan Pasteur. We started a conversation while I was thinking about buying his goods. I told him that I was in favor of the power situation that occurred with Napolean. I said that Napolean was probably one of the few people that were reliable enough to be a part of the government, considering that he is pretty much the hero of France. He told me that he also favored Napolean in the current turn of events. We bid farewell after I found the supplies I wanted. As I came back home, I wondered about all this business with the Revolution. My financial situation didn't change much, but I think that life can turn out better, if Napolean doesn't become another king.