Through the entirety of the book, Edmond Dantes transforms from a young, naive teenager into a hard and experienced Count. In the beginning Napoleon gives him a letter, and him being foolish he didn’t question it and took it, therefore getting him arrested. Throughout his journey he continues to have misfortunes often and this is the main thing that shapes him. He escapes the Chateau d’If and he has a whole world of riches and change coming for him. This makes him become a more mature man because now he is a count and has power.
The main character in this book, Edmond Dantes, was only 19 years old when the series of unfortunate events leading up to his becoming of the count of monte cristo. One of the biggest and most obvious ones was his time in prison. Dantes received a life sentence in prison for a crime that he was not guilty of. He spent eleven whole years in prison, which at this point was over a third of his life. He had nobody to talk to, he just had so sit there in solitude for such a long period of time, that would drive any man mad. Dantes got to the point where he just wanted to starve himself to death, because he had lost all hope. Going through all of this gave him a very long time to think, and to mature.
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Again, he was on the verge of starving to death, until he hear the sound of scratching on the wall next to his prison cell. Because of Abbe, Edmond has somebody to talk to, and someone to keep him sane, and a reason to live. After talking to this man for a long time, then having him die is a huge tragedy no doubt. But Dantes had to find a way to escape. This made him much more determined and