Victor Hugo is a celebrated French Romantic author best known for his poetry and his novels‚ including Les Misérables. Victor-Marie Hugo was born in Besançon‚ France‚ on February 26‚ 1802‚ to mother Sophie Trébuche and father Joseph-Léopold-Sigisbert Hugo. His father was a military officer who later served as a general under Napoleon. Victor Hugo studied law between 1815 and 1818‚ though he never committed himself to legal practice. Encouraged by his mother‚ Hugo embarked on a career in literature
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fine qualities amidst this miserable existence. The story has touched me so much that I have read this book several times during the last few years. If one starts reading this book‚ he or she would not be able to put away the book without completing it. The curiosity to know what happened to their lives and how they would end up finally keeps the reader excited and forces him/her to go on with the reading. To me this book is one of the finest books in the world. Les livres sont‚ sans aucun doute
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trois cours le matin et deux cours l’après-midi. Mon jour préféré‚ c’est le vendredi‚ parce que nous commençons avec deux heures de français et que je suis plutôt bon dans cette matière. et comme dernier cours de la journée‚ j’ai dessin. Je suis nul en dessin‚ mais c’est reposant et le professeur nous fait toujours rire! Pendant l’heure du déjeuner‚ je mange à la cantine et je joue au ping-pong avec mes copains dans la salle de sport. Je suis forte en maths et en histoire. J’aime beaucoup le professeur
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have been given‚ large of small‚ they should share generously. When they do‚ they make the world better for someone else and find true meaning and satisfaction in their own lives. Charity is seen as a major theme throughout The Holy Bible and Les Miserables. Charity is the selfless donation of wealth‚ talents‚ time‚ food‚ etc. in which creates a perfect bond between God’s children. Charity is not however‚ giving to impress or improve their self-image. By analyzing the charitable act of Christ‚ Jean
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conquered countries became enslaved to their conquerors to the early America lifestyle with black slaves who worked on white men’s fields. This behavior is also shown through literature. In the short story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas‚” by Ursula Le Guin‚ the majority of people of Omelas are fine with making someone
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asi poder controlar. Cuando la película Titanic llega a Kabul en el verano de 2000‚ cuatro años en el régimen de los talibanes y tres años en una terrible sequía‚ crea una sensación. La pelicula es una distraccion para todas las pesonas pero tambien les ayuda a creer que alguien los va a salvar al igual que Jack salva a Rose en la película. The Titanic appears as a metaphor for the city of Kabul under the Taliban‚ as well as the boat‚ they are directed to a disaster. Like their neighbors‚ Kabul has
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This idea is then reincarnated in the form of a monster which leads to the conclusion that Mary Shelley felt like an abandoned child who is reflected in the rage of the monster. After reading the article by Baldick‚ I immediately thought of Ursula K. Le Guin’s "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." I was forced to read the story again having an open mind and the idea that everything has an alternative meaning. After doing so‚ I realized that it contains the same concept of abandonment and anger. In
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In Webster’s Dictionary the word justice is defined by the words fairness and rightfulness. Around the world‚ the figure of justice is portrayed as blind from all information but objective facts. In the novel Les Miserables written by Victor Hugo‚ the figure of justice is meant to be completely blind‚ but it does not stay totally blind. Jean Valjean‚ the main character of the novel had been a prisoner for 19 years. When he was released from prison he was given a yellow ticket that identified
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Definition of Globalization is showed that: “Globalization is a process that encompasses the causes‚ course‚ and consequences of transnational and transcultural integration of human and non-human activities.” (Dr. Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan‚ Definitions of Globalization: A Comprehensive Overview and a Proposed Definition‚ 2006‚ p.2). Globalization that has been rapidly spreading reflects typical points: environment‚ culture and economy. In the first place‚ globalization has had many positive impacts on
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cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”(Albert Schweitzer) In both of the novels Les Miserables and Jane Eyre‚ there were characters who sparked ideas and philosophies for the other characters in the story as well as the reader. In Jane Eyre‚ one of the most influential characters in the whole stories was Helen Burns‚ and in Les Miserables an important central character is that of Cosette. These two supporting characters have a variety of similarities. Helen
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