Benoît Notre-Dame
The resourceful condemned soldier whose coded letter and survival solve the mystery.
To survive and protect Manech without exposing himself.
The book
At a glance
- the soldier called That Man
- The resourceful condemned soldier whose coded letter and survival solve the mystery.
- To survive and protect Manech without exposing himself.
- He survives Bingo, helps Manech escape, and later tells Mathilde the truth.
Who they are in the book
Spoiler-freeBenoît Notre-Dame is the soldier called that man. The resourceful condemned soldier whose coded letter and survival solve the mystery.
The character wants to survive and protect manech without exposing himself.. That desire determines what is remembered, hidden, or investigated.
He survives Bingo, helps Manech escape, and later tells Mathilde the truth. The detail matters because Mathilde can reach the truth only by comparing partial accounts.
How Benoît Notre-Dame Is Portrayed
- Rolethe soldier called That Man
- PressureThe resourceful condemned soldier whose coded letter and survival solve the mystery.
- GoalTo survive and protect Manech without exposing himself.
- EvidenceHe survives Bingo, helps Manech escape, and later tells Mathilde the truth.
- ExpressionThe face should register to survive and protect manech without exposing himself. without melodrama.
- Place in the mysteryBenoît Notre-Dame changes how Mathilde or the reader understands Bingo Crépuscule.
He survives Bingo, helps Manech escape, and later tells Mathilde the truth.
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