Percival Day I

1)He is leading us towards the Grail quest obviously. But a good natured one. He talks about how one should be a good person and charitable simply for the sake of being charitable and not because people will know about it. He tells you not to tell your left hand what your right hand is doing, and basically to do good deeds but not to boast about them. He wants people to watch him create this magical masterpiece. Again he is cocky and completely thrilled with his writing abilities.

2)This first scene is kind of like a funny scene. Percival is obviously a naive and unlearned human being. He has never heard of a knight and has no idea what any of the weapons that the knight is carrying are. However, he is very interested. He wants to know everything he can about the knights and their weapons. They are on a mission, yet they are nice and noble enough to answer his questions. They do look out for him a little bit, and they kind of think it is funny that he is so stupid. He is awed by them, they are kind of annoyed by him. This is obviously conflicting and Chretien does this to give the sense that Percival is on a quest and that he wants to be a knight.
3)This is an argument between a mother who thinks she knows what is best for her son, and a determined male. More often than not, the son is going to do what he thinks is right. Basically, she tries to tell him how his two older brothers died and were knights, and that he should do well to not become a knight because he will meet the same ending eventually. She also tells him to kiss women when he sees them and take their rings. I don't quite understand this because it seems to get him into trouble right off the bat.