D+Radical+journalist

__Name__: My name is Christophe Dubois. __Age__: I am 35 years old. __Gender__: I am a male. __Occupation__: I am a radical journalist. __Social__ __Class__: I am part of the third estate. __Financial__ __situation__: I am in deep poverty. I often sleep on the streets now that I have been kicked out of living in the attic of an abandoned house when the police found me. I do not have enough money for food so I often go to Jerome’s wine shop and drink a cup of wine. __Appearance__: I have curly hair, large brown eyes and I am average height. I often cannot afford clean clothes and use hand-me-down products. I keep most of my clothes and belongings in a paper bag. __Location of home and/or business__: __Habitual locations__: I am often around Jerome’s wine shop because I like filling my stomach with wine. I try to stay in dark allies where nobody can find me around the rural areas. __Daily routine__: Depending on how hungry I am, I go to Jerome’s wine shop to start my day. Then, I use some of the pieces of scrap paper that used to be anything from old receipts to grocery lists. __Personality/Quirks/Unique Personality Traits__: I have very strong opinions about certain subjects. For example, I am a Jew and I believe that the teachings of Christianity is extremely biased and incorrect. Also, I do not think that monarchy is the most efficient type of government. I have a very strong french accent and my English is very limited. I have a tendency of forgetting certain words in English so I usually just say it in French. __Past / Family History__: I lived with my mother and father until I was about 12 years old and my father was prosecuted for talking about the ineffectiveness of the government system. Growing up, I always was interested in governments, politics, and change. I worked for the local newspaper and I was paid an average salary. However, I realized that spreading my ideas is what I wanted to do more so I decided to quit and pursue my actual dream. I was almost caught trying to spread information about a new system of government but I ran away fast enough and did not get caught. I now have to hide and make sure that I discreetly spread my ideas. __Family__: My mother is alive but very ill because she has numerous infections in her mouth. I have lost contact with her because I have been constantly on the run. However, I try to visit my house whenever I can. I slip whatever change I pick up off the floor to try to pay for her treatment for her teeth. __Social relations with your own and other classes__ (people you deal with or know about in other classes, AND your opinions and feelings about them): I despise the First and Second Estate because they live everything that I am working against. They are aware of who I am for my radical behavior and hate that they have not yet caught me to prosecute me. Many of the people from the Third Estate try to stay away from me because they want to avoid the trouble. __Religion__: Jew __Education__: I barely graduated high school and started pursuing my career in journalism when I turned 20. Style of speaking (i.e. formal, "down-to-earth", crude): My French is adequate but my English needs a lot of improvement, therefore, I may stutter from time to time. __Main privileges and/or conflicts__: My main conflict is with anyone involved in the government or police force because they are always trying to prosecute me for my beliefs. __Portrait__ (avoid anachronisms -- clothing or objects in your portrait that are from the wrong time period): This is a portrait of me when I used to work for the local newspaper.
 * Character Profile**

__December 4th, 1787__ //Translated into proper English// Ahh.. Diary, I wish I could report some good news for you, but once again, I have failed. The only thing I've accomplished is survival which is not at all satisfactory. I woke up today in the same place as I slept, thank goodness for that, and visited Jerome's wine shop to get a cup of wine. I don't exactly know what I drank but as long as it fills my stomach, I really could care less. I visited the local park today to see if there was anyone that might listen to my ideas, but everyone ignored me assuming I was just going to ask them for money. I made sure I stayed clear of all the churches because those clerks are so scary. I swear that one day I will have the courage to go up to them and tell them exactly what I think. I often think about just sacrificing myself for the sake of spreading my ideas. But, I know that it will cause my mother so much pain to know that I would willingly die. Also, if I sacrifice myself, no one will be paying for her for food or medication. I know that the money that I collect off the floor is not enough for even one meal, I will never stop letting her know how much I care. I am completely drained of energy today, so I’m going to go to the back of the abandoned house and sleep. Good night diary, I hope to make some progress tomorrow!
 * Diary Entry #1**

The church that I am always staying away from.

__May 20th, 1790__ //Translated into proper English//
 * Diary Entry #2**

This may have just been the greatest day. I got to eat some nice fish, I got people to understand what I'm going through, this country is a mess and I love it. There was this fisher-woman, who is apparently named Claudia, looked like she had loads of fish in a bag and I told her that I would help her carry it, what a fool.. Anyways, I had to eat it raw because there was no place to cook it but I think that no amount of wine will meet up to the taste of fresh fish. But what was really the best part of my day was when I found about the National Assembly. Of course I heard the big news from Jerome when I was picking up my daily cup of wine. I had no idea that there were going to be so many radical changes. But I am so glad that they made the oath in the tennis court to try and bring down the power of the Church. I'm not joking when I say that I will do everything to help even if I'm not the Third Estate General. I knew that I would be able to bring positivity to my father's legacy. I hope for great change diary, I really do.

__November 1st, 1801__ //Translated into proper English// I'm not liking this, I'm not liking this at all. Diary, I know that I said I was going to report to you about some great changes but some of things that I would never want is happening right now today. Napoleon's ruling is changing everything for almost everyone; public education, taxes, government and even churches. Now that more people can receive education I think that journalism will change for the worst. Considering that reporting daily news is not the most difficult job in the world, so there's going to be a lot more youngins that will accept the job for a lower pay. The taxes are going to get fairer, but, what does that matter in my life.. I'm a poor man that can barely get through the day with a plate of whatever the next door neighbor ate last night. However Claudia actually did give me some free fish because of the tax levy. Alexander the philosophe, that pompous creature in second estate, was bragging on about getting more power in the church. That is what I didn't want! He keeps talking about all the advantages of this but I know for sure that this will end badly. I saw Léon talking to Jerome about how happy they are about all these tax cuts and how their stores are going to do so much better. All these economic changes are making me think about how I might just be able to start my own news company and hire all the people with the same opinion as me. Not sure about that yet, I'll keep you posted diary! Good night.
 * Diary Entry #3**



Profile 10/10 Journal 1 Missing hyperlink to student wikipedia, and link to "Jerome" does not work. 7.510 Journal 2 Only "Claudia" link works. 8/10 Journal 3 Links to "Alexandre", "Leon" and "Jerome" don't work. How is the image of an Indian? Persian scene appropriate? 7/10