The story 'The Adopted Son' is a moving tale of human bonds . There were two families, the villins and the Tuvaches who were neighbours at a seaside resort in France . They were extermely poor and couldn't afford even one square meal . Both the familes had four children each , who spent most of their time playing outside their house in the dust . One day , a rich lady , Madame Henri d'Hubieres spotted the children playing outside and decided to adopt one of them . She visited the Tuvaches first and asked for Charlot . the Tuvaches refused to part with their son . Madame Henri d'Hubieres decided to try her luck at the villins . The vallins reluctanly gave their son jean away . In return , they were compensated with enough money , which enabled them to lead a decent life . After twenty-one years , Jean came to visit them . He was not only a handsome young man now but also quite wealthy . Charlot , who was also grown up now , saw jean pass by .
Charlot observed Jean and immediately went up to his parents and complained that they were foolish not to have given him in adoption to Madame d'Hubieres . No explanation or consolation by his parents could make him change his mind to leave the house . The story thus ends on this ionic note: when the Vallins rejoiced the homecoming of jean , the Tuvaches had to bid farewell to their dear boy Charlot .
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its not irony.. its the inability of charlot to understand the love of parents which jean had been missing in his life ..
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