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Nicole 12-1 ROTD MINDMAP Day Two- Morning Salisbury, Day One-Evening…
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ROTD-Day Two-Afternoon Mortimer's Pond, Dorset
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themes
gentleman is who owns ability and power to control the development of the society and butler's job is to serve them and provide good conditions for them which can let them focus better at job
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as a British butler, can not talk about the experience about serving pervious master
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characters
Stevens
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a traditional person who always follow the routine and never talk about the experience he served for Lord Darlington since he starts to serve Mr Farrday
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Mr George Ketteridge
even though his social status is low but he contributes a lot to the nation so then be consider a prominent gentleman afterwards
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The Wakefields
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don't believe about the hall and Stevens with long history can trace back, think they are fake
plot
Stevens momerizes about the unity called Hayes Society and compares about the old generation of butler and the new generation, disscuss about the different qualities they have each
The Ford car from Mr Farraday`has some problem and seems some smoke comes out and he sees a old style builing and Stevens wants to find a car driver there for fixing the car
there is a bulter in the builing helps Stevens fix the car and talk about the job and his own background and Steven denies that he served Lord Darlington before
the man from the house recommened Stevens to visit a beautiful pond and Stevens drives there and finds out he passed there once before and sets down look at these nice and peaceful scenes
Tracing back to the time Mr Farraday just bought the Darlington Hall, one of Mr Farraday's friend, Mr Wakefield and his wife comes to the hall for visiting, when Mrs Wakefield asks Stevens about the past, Stevens denies about the fact he served for Lord Darlington and Mr Farraday is angry about this because he thinks this makes himself awkard for telling the house with the old butler can be traced back for a long time
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Day Three-Evening Moscombe, near Tavistock Devon
characters
Stevens
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finds excuse for himself for reading a love story because he thinks these words in formal books will provide no help for him to rise his English using ability which he need to use while talking to ladies and gentleman
wants to give others a impression that he is always have a thing to do even while the free time because he thinks this will help him to be a good butler
can not accept himself have personal emotions and also can not tolerate other ppl who work in the hall have it
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Trevor Morgan
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Taylors' friend, says sth about GA
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themes
butlers and housekeepers and maids who work in hall can not hold personal emotions while they working because this will bring negative impact to the hall
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these common citizens can never make big decisions which can influence the society and history like these gentleman do
plot
Stevens seems to change the critics on Mr Darlington's attitude toward Jewish people, because Mrs Carolyn Barnet have influence on him, they talk and go to the east of London to see the poorest region
Mr Darlington wants Stevens to fire these two Jewish maids work in the hall, and Stevens tells this to Miss Kenton with very clam tone, but Miss Kenton can not accept this and very angry, says she will leave they do this
Stevens seems Miss Kenton gradually act less on this thing so always mention this for joking, and a year later, Stevens talks to Miss Kenton that he feels wrong that fire that two Jewish maids, and Miss Kenton blames Stevens didnt say anything at that time really hurts her
Lisa is a lazy girl who will try to work at Darlington hall for replacing as a new maid, she has bad behaviors at previous work places, however Miss Kenton ignore the warning from Stevens and keep her, then successfully trains her to a good maid but she falls love with another butler in the hall and they leave together with letters without any thankful words to Miss Kenton so she is regret
Stevens lives in Taylors' house because the Ford car is broken, and he feels wired because the couple tells almost everybody at the town about Stevens
Stevens feel wired when Miss Kenton come in his working room and tries to take his book to see what kind of book he is reading, and it is a love story in this book
Miss Kenton becomes emotional and takes a lot time when she has a free time for going out and back late, and always receive letters from a man
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Mr Harris says that dignity is sth that every British citizen can strive for which Stevens doesn't agree, but Stevens thinks it is not necessary to argue because he thinks these ppl live in the town is outdated and never can do a thing to influence the society
some gentleman comes to Darlington hall and talk political topics with Mr Darlington and when they have rest, they ask Stevens about some political questions and Stevens says don't know because he thinks this is the best way to respond and make these gentleman happy
individual thoughts
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how will the society develop that only the small group ppl hold power and right to decide how the society goes, so no one represent the public?
why the housekeepers and butlers need to pretend they always have things to do to make the good impression?
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Day Four - Afternoon Little Compton, Cornwall
individual thoughts
why Miss Kenton likes Stevens and she wants he to know this even after she agrees to marry another guy
why Stevens always lie to himself for getting that dignity, will he regret?
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plot
Stevens is at Compton and he is almost on the way to meet Miss Kenton, he stays at the little nice restaurant and brings up some memory
Dr Carlyle talks about the opinions that the citizens live in the town and he seems does not agree with Harry, because Harry Smith wants citizens to participate in the change of the town but these people do not want big changes so they can not solve political problems, however he seems also does not understand about the definition poses by Stevens
Mr Cardinate has a sudden visit to the Darlington hall and he seems has sth to tell to Lord Darlington, but at that night Lord Darlington has some important guests to meet, German governor and British governor, and they seems going to make big decisions about sth
Mr Cardinate wants to wake Stevens up because he knows Lord Darlington have connection with Nazi and Hitler wants to use Lord Darlington to achieve his goal, but Stevens be very loyal to Lord Darlington and says he believe his master
Miss Kenton tells Stevens that she wants to leave the hall for personal things, then she tells Stevens she is going to see her lover and Stevens says nothing, and then she comes back and says she agrees to marry that man, and Stevens just says that he be happy with this
Stevens finds out that Miss Kenton cries in her room but he does not open the door and just let it go
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characters
Miss Kenton
she seems want Stevens to say or do sth when she says she will go out to see her lover and marry him
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Dr Carlyle
he seems think Harry Smith and other citizens' definition to dignity is wrong because they just saying but they actually want these ppl with high social status to change the world
Stevens
be very loyal to Lord Darlington, when Mr Cardinate tells about the rumors about his master he says he believe in his master
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Mr Cardinate
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he suspect that Lord Darlington be used by Nazi for achieving their goal so he tries to tell Stevens
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