I have had enough with the injustice! I hide my true family name and identity out of disgrace and humiliation for their actions! Evremonde used to be the name of an honorable family of aristocrats but it is so no more. That name is the source of pain and oppression for the commoners of France and I want no part of it, nor to be associated with it in any way. I am on my way to tell my uncle, the Marquis that I renounce my family name and all that goes with it such as property and privileges. Material things cannot alleviate me from the distress I feel when it comes to knowing how people are treated because of the harsh realities accompanied with “Evremonde”. The name is a curse and I renounce it in all ways possible! I renounce Evremonde! Renounce the abomination of it all! My poor mother’s words to me as she was dying were to have mercy on the people, and mercy I will have! I possess infinite amounts of shame for the murder, poverty, oppression, indifference, and injustice forcefully imposed on the commoners and peasants of France. I will not only leave behind my Evremonde name, but I will also leave behind France. I will go to England to work for a living and be a teacher so I may give back to the children and families who need it most. It is my duty and destiny. Evremonde aristocracy is no longer my obligation. I can only imagine the reaction my uncle will have to my declaration. His disproval and objection will not falter me though.
This is my new life.
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