... Revolution, and embrace it so completely. To answer this question one must delve into Gamelin's character and truly understand him. Gamelin is presented as a very naïve man. He is quick to change his opinions if a person he respects influences him. When Gamelin listens to a speech by Robespierre he changes many of the views he had prior. Previously Gamelin had felt that dividing up all property and making everything equal was proper, but Robespierre changed his mind with one sentence. The wise Robespierre enlightened him further regarding the perfidious intentions of those who favored equality of property and partition of land, who were demanding the abolition of wealth and poverty and the establishment of a happy mediocrity for all. But Robespierre unmasked their machinations and convinced him that these men, ostensibly so disinterested, were working to undermine the Republic. (France, 149) This complete changing of his opinion shows how ...

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