The reading and the lectur are both about Chevalier memoir.

The reading and the lectur are both about Chevalier memoir. While as the auther postis that some critics have raised doubt about the accuracy of his memoir, then he gives three claims to supports his point. The lectureer, however, belivies that his memori is brity accurate and realible by casting doubts on each reason. To start with, the passage calims that the Chevalier was poor based on the evidence that show he borrowed money from Swiss merchant. However, the lecturer refutes this claim by saying that when he needed money for his gambling, he was borrowing money until the selling process of his assets compleated. Secondly, according to the author, the conversations with Voltaire could not be accurate, because it were written many years after. On the contrary, the lecturer explains how he was writting daily journals and he was using them for the memori. Finally, the reading contendes that Chevar jailers were bribes to free him. On the the other hand the professor challenge this point by explaining who his richer friends stayed at jail. Moreover, the jail had to fix his room celing. This concider prove that he escape from it.