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Why, on Earth, does Raoul make his "Pierre, I'm not your father confession" in English? He is French, Pierre, to whom he is directly speaking, is French, Erik, the third person concerned, is French. Father Joe who may not be concerned personally here but is a close friend of de Chagny's and Pierre's mentor is known to speak French fluently. The answer seems to be: so that Cholly Bloom could understand - which is, of course, necessary for the author but definitely not for Raoul. Bloom is merely their acquaintance of the last few days - given the very private mattres discussed here- a complete stranger who just happened to be there by accident, and to make things worse- a reporter which means he could public an article about the illegitimate son of a wold-famous opera singer and Manhattan misterious millionaire the very next day (we know he didn't do that but still he could have and I doubt Raoul really trusted him that much). Besides we know that Raoul's English was broken and in an emotional moment like that it's natural for a man to speak in his native laguage (espacaially when he's surrounded by his natives as well)and not the one you hardly know. I really doubt Raoul would think of Cholly in a moment like this .
* For that matter you should also wonder how Cholly understood Christine and Erik' convesation in Battery Park if he didn't speak French? The two of them had even less reasons than Raoul to speak English. It seems qiute obvious that two French holding a private conversation would speak French. Also, the letter Erik wrote to Christine asking for the last meeting, should be in French as well.
* For that matter you should also wonder how Cholly understood Christine and Erik' convesation in Battery Park if he didn't speak French? The two of them had even less reasons than Raoul to speak English. It seems qiute obvious that two French holding a private conversation would speak French. Also, the letter Erik wrote to Christine asking for the last meeting, should be in French as well.
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Why, on Earth, does Raoul make his "Pierre, I'm not your father confession" in English? He is French, Pierre, to whom he is directly speaking, is French, Erik, the third person concerned, is French. Father Joe who may not be concerned personally here here, but is a close friend of de Chagny's and Pierre's mentor mentor, is known to speak French fluently. The answer seems to be: so that Cholly Bloom could understand - which is, of course, necessary for the author author, but definitely not for Raoul. Bloom is merely their acquaintance of the last few days - given the very private mattres matters discussed here- a complete stranger who just happened to be there by accident, and to make things worse- a reporter which means he could public publish an article about the illegitimate son of a wold-famous opera singer and Manhattan misterious millionaire the very next day (we know he (he didn't do that but still he could have and I doubt Raoul really trusted him that much). have). Besides we know that Raoul's English was broken and in an emotional moment like that it's natural for a man to speak in his native laguage (espacaially language (especially when he's also surrounded by his natives as well)and natives) and not the one you he hardly know. I really doubt speaks. It's hardly probable that Raoul would think of Cholly in a moment like this .
* For thatmatter matter, you should also wonder how Cholly understood Christine and Erik' convesation Erik's conversation in Battery Park if he didn't speak French? The two of them had even less reasons than Raoul to speak English. It seems qiute quite obvious that two French Frenchmen, holding a private conversation conversation, would speak French. Also, the letter Erik wrote to Christine asking for the last meeting, should be in French as well.
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* For that matter you should also wonder how Cholly understood Christine and Erik' convesation in Battery Park if he didn't speak French? The two of them had even less reasons than Raoul to speak English. It seems qiute obvious that two French holding a private conversation would speak French. Also, the letter Erik wrote to Christine asking for the last meeting, sould be in French as well.
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* For that matter you should also wonder how Cholly understood Christine and Erik' convesation in Battery Park if he didn't speak French? The two of them had even less reasons than Raoul to speak English. It seems qiute obvious that two French holding a private conversation would speak French. Also, the letter Erik wrote to Christine asking for the last meeting, sould should be in French as well.
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Why, on Earth, does Raoul make his "Pierre, I'm not your father confession" in English? He is French, Pierre, to whom he is directly speaking, is French, Erik, the third person concerned, is French. Father Joe who may not be concerned personally here but is a close friend of de Chagny's and Pierre's mentor is known to speak French fluently. The answer seems to be: so that Cholly Bloom could understand - which is, of course, necessary for the author but definitely not for Raoul. Bloom is merely their acquaintance of the last few days - given the very private mattres discussed here- a complete stranger who just happened to be there by accident, and to make things worse- a reporter which means he could public an article about the illegitimate son of a wold-famous opera singer and Manhattan misterious millionaire the very next day (we know he didn't do that but still he could have and I doubt Raoul really trusted him that much). Besides we know that Raoul's English was broken and in an emotional moment like that it's natural for a man to speak in his native laguage (espacaially when he's surrounded by his natives as well)and not the one you hardly know. I really doubt Raoul would think of Cholly in a moment like this .
* For that matter you should also wonder how Cholly understood Christine and Erik' convesation in Battery Park if he didn't speak French? The two of them had even less reasons than Raoul to speak English. It seems qiute obvious that two French holding a private conversation would speak French. Also, the letter Erik wrote to Christine asking for the last meeting, sould be in French as well.
* For that matter you should also wonder how Cholly understood Christine and Erik' convesation in Battery Park if he didn't speak French? The two of them had even less reasons than Raoul to speak English. It seems qiute obvious that two French holding a private conversation would speak French. Also, the letter Erik wrote to Christine asking for the last meeting, sould be in French as well.
