Jean Valjean spent nineteen years in prison‚ and for that whole time he fostered a hate for all the world. Hugo tells us that this prolonged hatred made him capable of two types of evil. Firstly‚ he could commit instinctual unpremeditated actions of evil. Secondly‚ he was also capable of deliberate‚ grave‚ premeditated evil (366). While Jean Valjean’s coping mechanism was not very healthy‚ it did offer Valjean stability‚ but all ballasts were thrown overboard when Valjean encountered the Bishop
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Monsieur Villefort works as a public prosecutor in Paris in 1815. At this time period‚ Bonapart is on the rise‚ Monsieur Villefort’s job consists mostly of incarcerating those with Bonapartist political views. As he is at a dinner party with his soon to be wife and family in law‚ he recieves news that he has to see a young sailor who is going to be tried for delievering a package to the Isle that Bonapart is located on. The young man comes in and pleads his innocence‚ explaining that he only visited
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Paris 36 starts with confession by the protagonist Pigoil(Gérard Jugnot) to a police officer‚ accused of murder. It turns to a flashback to the year 1936 depicting the unstable district in a Paris faubourg‚ suffered from depression and the rising pool of involuntary unemployment. Pigoil has lost his lifetime job in a liquidated musical hall and his wife runs off with another man. More miserably‚ Pigoil cannot keep the custody of his beloved son- JoJo(Maxence Perrin) because of his financial inability
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La Haine is a story about three guys who have a friend ling in coma after being shot in a riot. Vinz‚ Hubert‚ and Saïd live at the suburbs of Paris and suffer with the violence committed by the police. Vinz finds a cop’s gun and decides to kill one if his friend dies. Hubert is boxer and had his gymnasium burned in the riots. However‚ he does not agree with Vinz. Saïd is the youngest one and does not have a definite opinion. This movie illustrates the effects of brutality‚ discrimination and repression
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Orphaned children need as much love and help as possible from a guardian to live a good life. That is exactly what Val jean does during the story of Les Miserables. As the mother of Cosette passes away‚ Val jean makes a promise that he will protect and love her daughter as he raises her. Val jean goes through many challenges and risks his own life to make sure that Cosette lives a safe life. Toward the end of the story his ability to keep her safe is tested as she meets a young man who revolutionizes
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Today‚ humans across the world are face with the ever growing problem of being poor. Just like in the book Les Miserable‚ we see a great many of people who are slaves to their job. To be poor was consider a crime and for that everyone was outrage about this. Soon it got to a point where there was no means of getting by or supporting a family. I’ve seen and know people who are facing this trouble today. It’s so significant because most are faced with some type of poverty in life. Poverty has
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two musicals have stood out from there comic counterparts. Les Misérables and West Side Story tell more serious stories and have captivated audiences with revivals and film versions. Both are based on classic literature‚ and share universal and relatable social problems. West Side Story created by Lenard Bernstein‚ Steven Sondheim‚ Arthur Laurents‚ and Jerome Robbins tell the story of Romeo and Juliet in 1950s New York. Les Misérables by Composer Claude-Michael Schonberg and lyricist Alain Boublil
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system” (Lu 245). Legend (© 2011)‚ a dystopian young adult fiction novel written by upcoming author Marie Lu. Before Lu became a full time writer‚ she was an art director for a video game company. This is a book inspired by the television show‚ Les Miserables. The show involved a highly skilled detective hunting down a notorious criminal. Legend is written from the perspective of two different characters with two completely different backgrounds. June‚ the Republic’s prodigious student is finishing
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me as you please; but help me first to carry him home. I only ask that of you." Upon examination of Les Miserables‚ it is clearly evident that the elements of Forgiveness‚ Self Sacrifice‚ and Courage are only a few of the main themes Hugo wanted to develop. <br> <br>First off‚ is the element of forgiveness. In a book of mistrust‚ poverty‚ and hate forgiveness thrives in the world of Les Miserables. The first example of this was at the very beginning‚ when Jean Valjean stayed with the bishop. Valjean
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Victor Hugo‚ the author of‚ “Les Misérables‚” once said‚ “Change your opinions‚ keep your principles; change your leaves‚ keep intact your roots.” This is a quote that can be reassuring to a person who is going through a rough patch in life or when they are at a stance in their life where they have forgotten who they are. When I read this quote‚ I think about where I come from and how it has shaped me to be the person I am today. One way that my roots have affected me is by my speech communities
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