physical and spiritual night- are not solved… books like this cannot be useless‚” (Hugo Preface). In his novel‚ Les Miserables‚ Victor Hugo illustrates these problems throughout the plot‚ adding to the public obsession over the book. Most went crazy over the light he shone on the struggles of France in the late 1800s‚ instead of the happy love stories many authors were writing about at that time. Through Les Miserables‚ Hugo ties the degradation of man by poverty‚ the ruin of women by starvation‚ or the
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relationship. However‚ even as he pretends to be Odin’s friend‚ Hugo‚ the coach’s son‚ is intensely jealous of Odin. Odin gets the school’s MVP trophy and he shares it with Michael‚ his "go to man‚" rather than with Hugo; and most crushing to Hugo is that his father‚ Coach Duke Goulding‚ “loves Odin like a son”. Hugo feels that Odin soars above the crowd and that he can literally fly both on and off the basketball court (which is why Hugo compares Odin to a Hawk; and later on in the movie states that
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BUTALID‚ LOUSYL JOY L. PLOT OF LES MISERABLES The convict Jean Valjean is released from a French prison after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread and for subsequent attempts to escape from prison. When Valjean arrives at the town of Digne‚ no one is willing to give him shelter because he is an ex-convict. Desperate‚ Valjean knocks on the door of M. Myriel‚ the kindly bishop of Digne. Myriel treats Valjean with kindness‚ and Valjean repays the bishop by stealing his silverware. When
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players. The star of the team‚ Odin‚ is favored by Coach Duke which rubs many players‚ especially the Coach’s son and Odin’s best friend‚ Hugo‚ the wrong way. The story follows Odin; his girlfriend‚ Desi; Hugo; Roger‚ Hugo’s pawn in carrying out his elaborate revenge; Emily‚ Desi’s best friends and Hugo’s girlfriend; and Michael‚ another basketball player
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Hunchback of Notre Dame the author‚ Victor Hugo‚ used love as a central theme for his book. He showed that love can manifest itself in three main ways depending upon the person. Esmeralda was in a mode of self- destruction because of her lust for Phoebus. Claude Frollo turned into a man of jealous rage because of his amorousness for Esmeralda‚ and Quasimodo’s passion for Esmeralda crumbled his heart as if it was made of stone‚ because of her death. Hugo used love as a central theme to capture the
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Instant View]: Hugo (2011) Answer the following questions about the film and return to your instructor through private message. 1. How does this film adhere to an order? What are some narrative and stylistic elements that influence this order? The film begins with the situation of a little boy named Hugo that lost his father to a fire in the museum that he worked in and was forced to live with his alcoholic uncle in the Gare Montparnasse railway in Paris‚ France. Hugo learns to work on
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do something or of jealousy. Also during the movie “O” most of them have a bad past like Othello used to do drugs and drink and then Hugo aka Iago he does steroids to get bigger so he can play more basketball. The movie “O” is better than the movie “Othello” because it uses modern language‚ has a more intense final scene‚ and has a relatable version of Iago in Hugo. The modern language used in the film “O” is better because it is easier to understand and allows the audience to become more involved
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I agree with the statement‚ “In Les Miserables‚ Victor Hugo is trying to say that human nature is basically good”. Victor Hugo is doing this by having his book consist of many characters who symbolize human nature’s goodness within the story. This is because he creates goodness within the characters by making them be forgiving‚ thankful‚ become morally righteous‚ and possess good intentions towards helping others therefore‚ Hugo’s message is to tell people that human nature is good but society is
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was truly an eloquent writer‚ and in her 1857 letter to Napoleon III‚ tried to persuade him to pardon the recently exiled Victor Hugo. While Browning never actually mailed the letter‚ she takes a variety of standpoints during it‚ although‚ a reserved yet mocking tone remains throughout. Browning acknowledges sexism and panders to Napoleon so that the idea of pardoning Hugo will seem more appealing. Barrett Browning takes on the perspective of Napoleon III through self-deprecation in a climate of
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its originality. A story about an old‚ white lady taking care of twelve black children; there is almost nothing like that! Although the concept of digging into someone’s past and in doing so gaining a deep respect for them comes close to the movie Hugo. Hugo is about an orphan boy who lives in the walls of a Paris railway station. As
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