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[loud pelican]

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[rich niche]

Means that the person jumped once out of happiness

[heady ivy]

I find it a bit weird since it´s says ¨i only jumped once out of happiness¨ like it´s implying that he should´ve jumped more than one time if he was truely happy, or is there something else to the context i couldn´t get

[rich niche]

Or maybe he would've kept jumping around if he was that much excited ?

What is the context with this sentence ?

[heady ivy]

wait i will search for it, it was from a book called ¨voayge au bout de la nuit¨

[rich niche]

Since he says "moi, ..." I assume there are other characters that (re)acted differently

[rich niche]

Oh, it's from Celine

[heady ivy]

¨Mais voilà-t-y pas que juste devant le café où nous étions attablés un régiment se
met à passer, et avec le colonel par-devant sur son cheval, et même qu’il avait l’air bien
gentil et richement gaillard, le colonel ! Moi, je ne fis qu’un bond d’enthousiasme.¨

[heady ivy]

pour etre honnete j´ai l´impression de lire une toute autre langue lorsque je lis ce livre 😅

[rich niche]

Oui, le style est un peu vieux je trouve

[rich niche]

Hmmm so he's describing the action that the regiment and the colonel are doing, and then he goes back to himself, and says he jumps out of enthusiasm

I found what comes next and apparently he's going to enlist in the army

Perhaps seeing the colonel and his regiment pass by inspired him to enlist ?

"un bond" = "a leap", so "un bond d'enthousiasme" is "a leap out of enthusiasm" I'd say

[heady ivy]

Je ne pense pas que c´est le cas, parceque d´après ce que j´ai compris par la suite, il n´avait pas l´air très content en guerre et je pense meme qu´il a été forcé de prendre ce choix (mais cela peut etre completement faux et j´imagine des trucs), il me semble qu´il a essayé de faire semblant d´etre heureux par le colonnel, mais en tout cas je pense que je réflichis trop a propos de cette phrase qui n´est pas trop importante

[rich niche]

Maybe he let himself get carried by the feeling of "heroism" the soldiers parading in the streets gave to the people around him ?

And later on he regrets joining the war

That was the general feeling at the time, a lot of people enlisted just because they thought it was the right thing, that the war would be short and that they would be welcomed back home as heroes

[heady ivy]

Yeah, that could be it, i think it´s better for me to change the book since it isn´t that clear and the style is a bit old like you said so it´s not worth it trying to get accustomed to it

thank you so much

[rich niche]

Even for me it's not that easy to read

There's a lot of old slang

It helps for the authenticity, he seems to adopt a more "oral style". From what I'm reading there is a lot of dialogue.

[rich niche]

If you're looking for a book about ww1 with a more narrative style, maybe check "Les croix de bois" of Roland Dorgelès

[heady ivy]

yeah i get what you are saying

[rich niche]

Also "A l'ouest rien de nouveau" (all quiet on the western front)

[heady ivy]

thanks i will definitely give it a look

[rich niche]

And if you like comic strips, maybe check "C'était la guerre des tranchées" from Jacques Tardi

I'm usually not a big fan of his drawing style, but for some reason I feel like it clicks well with the theme of the Great War

[heady ivy]

Same for me, but this one looks interesting, i will give it a look

Again thank you so much for your help