The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Book 4, Chapter 2 summary
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In Chapter 2, Claude Frollo’s life changes when plague kills his parents and leaves him responsible for his infant brother, Jehan, giving his studies and priesthood a new purpose. His love for Jehan also moves him to adopt an abandoned, disabled child, whom he baptizes and names Quasimodo.
What happens
- Raised for the priesthood, Claude Frollo devotes his youth to theology, law, medicine, languages, and the arts.
- The plague kills Claude’s parents, and he takes responsibility for his surviving infant brother, Jehan.
- Claude places Jehan with a wet nurse at Moulin and makes his brother’s welfare the purpose of his work.
- At twenty, Claude becomes Notre-Dame’s youngest chaplain, earning respect for scholarship and a popular reputation for sorcery.
- On Quasimodo Day, Claude sees an abandoned child and imagines Jehan suffering the same fate.
- Claude adopts the child as an act of charity for Jehan’s sake, baptizes him, and names him Quasimodo.
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