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Sly Milon In Guy De Maupassant’s “Old Milon,” the title character is exceptionally clever. For example, receiving the Prussian soldiers at his house, giving them the best treatment he can, he is in fact avoiding conflict with the Prussians; therefore he keeps his family safe from the Prussians. He gains the soldier’s trust and “… [is] allowed to go and come freely, to go out and return just as he pleased, as long as …

…do not know that Old Milon is not German and continue to leave their guard down. While the soldiers go to help him out, Old Milon is able to kill them easily, as a substitute of him using force and actually fighting the German soldiers. In conclusion, Old Milon, due to his skillful ways, was able to survive, puzzle, and murder the Prussians, who fed his fire of rage and brought upon themselves this dilemma.