Sammanfattning av Germinal, Chapter 7

Vad händer

1. Nearly three thousand people gather at the Plan-des-Dames, and Étienne takes the floor despite Rasseneur’s demand for elected officers.
2. Étienne reports dwindling resources, attacks the Company, and urges collective ownership and a complete rebuilding of society.
3. The crowd rejects Rasseneur’s calls for gradual change, throwing moss and stones until he leaves.
4. Bonnemort recalls deaths and failed strikes, and Étienne uses his suffering to renew demands for resistance.
5. The gathering votes to continue striking, and Étienne confronts Chaval over continued work at Jean-Bart.
6. Chaval proposes stopping engines and pumps, violent demands multiply, and the crowd agrees to meet at Jean-Bart the next morning.

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