Felecite In A Simple Heart By Myra Jehlen

The essay that was written on Faubert's A Simple Heart by Myra Jehlen, very accurately states that to be simple is not necessarily to be simpleminded. Felicite is a a highly revered house maid in France for a woman names Madam Aubain. In A Simple Heart, Felecite encounters many situations that we may encounter in our lives and the writers unbiased and non-judging descriptions of events give light to the complexity that gives Felecite her simple thoughts. Her great attachement with a parrot named Lou Lou, saving the Madam and her children from the bull and ... are all examples of the ways that someone with appearingly simple thoughts might actually have very complex reasons for making the choices that they make. The bravery that Felecite showed in saving the Madam and her children is no simple-minded feat. Taking control of the situation immediately, Felecite demands from the madam that she not run from the bull. Rather, she proceedes to gather and throw dirt at the bulls eyes to blind it while they are walking in a fast pace away from it's direction. While Felecite's plan was simple, the complexity behind it was far greater than it appeared to be. Only someone with a thorough knowledge of bulls would know that

She enjoys learning the lore behind Christianty but instead leans more toward her idea of worship. "Felicite could never visualize the Holy Spirit—bird? Hre? breath?—and, reading her tale, neither can we. But Loulou, we see clear as day" is a description of how differently Felecite experiences death. While in her final moments, she was beginning to have a vision that would connect her with the holy spirit and she realizes that it is her bird Lou Lou she is visualizing. She would also keep the bird next to a statue while praying and was said to change the subject to which she was worshiping. These are great examples of the value that she placed on her bird as an influential figure in her