The End of Felicite

As I continued to read through A Simple Soul I came across a quote that I really liked.This quote happens when It alks about"The grass exhaled an odour of summer; flies buzzed in the air, the sun shone on the river and warmed the slated roof. Old Mother Simon had returned to Felicite and was peacefully falling asleep"(Chapter 5, paragraph 1). This happens just before Felicite dies. The meaning of this quote is that even thought she is dying and her life has been utterly wasted, the birds still sing. This can also be seen in Slaughter House Five with Po-tee-weet meaning that even though the war happened and that people died, the birds still sing. the world keeps on moving. It can also be seen in many Holocaust books like Night and Cage. After they exited the camps, the birds kept on singing. And when they were in the camps, the day was sunny and beautiful. It was always an amazing day when they were slaughtered in the concentration camps. And so on. This happened as well to Felicite. She was forgotten, while the children sang outside under the beautiful sunny day. The World goes on.