It takes a man with great courage to sacrifice his own happiness in order to ensure the happiness of others. In the novel‚ Les Miserables‚ Victor Hugo demonstrates the value of sacrifice through one of the prominent characters‚ Jean Valjean‚ an ex-convict on the run. Valjean is in prison for committing a petty crime and after escaping‚ makes a promise to God to become a good man. He makes a promise to Fantine‚ a dying woman‚ that he will rescue her daughter and finds himself dedicating his life to
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Cosette Paper In Les Miserables‚ Jean Valjean is transformed many times throughout the story; he is reincarnated when being forced to face bad situations that occur and turn his life around. Despite his struggles‚ Valjean finds love and hope in a little girl named Cosette. Valjean changes himself so that he can provide a good life for Cosette. Cosette and Valjean learn to live together and support each other through their struggles despite the pain the Thenardiers have brought them. Although
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Synopsis The movie Les Miserables is a novel written by Victor Hugo published in 1862. It is considered the one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century. The movie is about man‚ Jean Valjean‚ who experienced corruption and injustice in many years. When he was given a chance to live freely‚ he saw God. His blinded heart transformed. This remained in him throughout the story. Love and justice reigns in his heart whatever happened. Story/Screenplay The main character of the movie is
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The History of the Electric Guitar The desire to increase the sound of the guitar existed long before the development of electrical amplifiers and speakers. Musical performances in the 19th century were characterized by ever-larger concert settings and ensembles. Musicians needed louder and more powerful instruments‚ which became possible by using new materials and designs. The introduction of steel strings in the 19th century meant not only greater volume‚ but greater tension on instruments
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positions on the topic. Position This paper holds the position that words are more important to architecture than shapes. Conceptualism is stronger than formalism as an architectural idea. The principal argument is that shapes come from words. Le Corbusier is a well-respected architect that discussed this topic. His ideology is given and backed up though experiences of his works. Saint Peter’s dome is a great example where both sides of the argument are addressed. Is the great dome about form
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desirable projects? What criteria would you use to evaluate the projects on these various factors? Do any of the projects fail to pass these screens due to their extreme values on some of the factors? 6. Divide the projects into the four Project Profi le Process categories of incremental‚ platform‚ breakthrough‚ and R&D. Draw an aggregate project plan and array the projects on the chart. 7. Based on all the above‚ which projects should the management committee recommend to the Board of
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0169509 EM 476 Case# 5 - Le Petit Chef Brigitte Gagné‚ Le Petit Chef’s new director of Microwave R&D‚ is in the process of deciding the product development agenda for the next year. She has a pressing deadline to meet – the executive board is meeting in Paris tomorrow to review her choices. 1. What should Gagné do? Specifically‚ which projects should she fund and why? How should she handle the executive meeting? In the short term there are several projects Le Petit should possibly fund
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His father died in 1827 and his mother remarried a year later. Due to his mother’s remarrying‚ Baudelaire was no longer the sole focus of his mother which deeply affected him. He received his degree in 1839 from Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. His stepfather wanted him to pursue a career in law‚ but instead‚ Baudelaire chose the literary career. Throughout Baudelaire’s life‚ he completed many literary works and became a French symbolist poet and art critic. Although Baudelaire
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Title When a novel by Victor Hugo is titled Les Misérables‚ flags must go up in the reader’s mind that this is not going to be a happy and fluffy story‚ it is called The Misérables/Wretched/ Victims after all. This is not just a story about the human condition and its relation to misery‚ but also provides models on how to deal with said situation‚ both good and bad. Hugo expresses misery not simply by saying “Life is hard‚” but by showing misery through the experiences of men‚ women‚ and children
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MODERN ARCHITECTURE De Stijl Architecture De Stijl architecture was formed by a group of young artists who created the new movement in 1917; calling both the movement and the magazine they published De Stijl. The group promoted utopian ideals and group members believed in the birth of new age in the wake of WWI. They felt it was a time of balance between individual and universal values. The work was completely abstract as well. The goal was total integration of art and life. GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD
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