This journal follows the perspective of a French baker named Travis Bonnet. Throughout the 3 journal entries you will be able to find the change in attitude of Travis towards the revolution from fear to determination and then to disappointment. From the ‘eyes’ of Travis, you will be able to discover a new point of view towards the French Revolution: Not from either side of the conflict, but rather as a bystander to this whole situation. From a common citizens’ perspective, what might the French Revolution look like in its entirety? From the perspective of someone from the Third Estate, what consequences might the French Revolution bring? When survivability becomes a concern, is the mere chance of freedom even worth the price? This is the French Revolution through the ‘eyes’ of Travis Bonnet, a common citizen baker from the Third Estate.
Was the French Revolution Worth It? This has always been a question ever since historians started to study the French Revolution. And to that question in my perspective a simple answer is no. The French Revolution did not accomplish much as to what initially thought, the initial goal was only to overthrow King Louis XVI’s monarchy because of his incapability to govern and bring back France from its economic crisis. What actually happened due to the success of revolution against King Louis XVI was the increase of authority of the Jacobin Party, which meant Robespierre had very much power over France. A revolution against a dictator should end in freedom, and not in the rise of another. Not to mention the death of hundreds of thousands of lives during Robespierre’s ‘dictatorship’. Even after the Reign of Terror, with Robespierre guillotined, the rise of the French Directory and later the rise of Napoleon came next. This revolution started in a mere hope of liberty, equality, and fraternity. But the result of this ‘successful’ revolution brought one dictator after another, with no one seeming to care about the original economic crisis that sparked this whole chaos throughout France. This is why I believe that the French Revolution was a total disaster and was not worth it at all.