Victor has written numerous novels but one other is also quite common in the modern era. Several have atleast heard of or seen the Broadway musical Les Miserables. (It was also adapted into a motion picture.) When little do these people know that this masterpiece was written in 1861 by the poet known as Victor Hugo. When I was young I became obsessed with Les
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compared and related to each other‚ just like Jean Valjean‚ from “Les Miserables” and Sydney Carton‚ from “A Tale of Two Cities.” These two characters relate in many ways‚ such as‚ they are both strong characters who acquire qualities like devotion‚ love‚ sacrificial behaviors‚ kindness‚ are both revolutionists‚ both seek forgiveness and self discovery and are both overall good people trying to do themselves and others right. In “Les Miserables” by Victor Hugo‚ and “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens
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sacrificing everything for another person. Jean Valjean and Javert in Hugo’s Les Miserables depicted the essence of self-sacrifice by adopting Cosette‚ assisting Marius at the barricades‚ and Javert finally letting Jean Valjean have freedom. In the middle of the story‚ Valjean is the mayor of Montreuil-sur-Mer in Northern France. Fantine‚ the mother of Cosette is deathly ill and as Jean Valjean is
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The American self-made millionaire Peter Cooper devoted his time in later to life to philanthropy to better his society. Similarly in Les Misérables‚ Jean Valjean is a self-made man who also values the principles of philanthropy because he understands the struggles of living on the streets. Victor Hugo portrays the importance of philanthropists in Les Misérables‚ such as Jean
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Marie Lu is a dystopian novelist whose life began with a very surprising start. Her given name is Xiwei Lu‚ and she was born in Wuxi‚ China on July 11‚ 1984. When she was just five years old‚ she migrated to the United States after the Tiananmen Massacre‚ and settled with her family in Georgia. Marie finished her first full manuscript when she was just fourteen‚ and has kept a steady interest in the dystopian and/or sci-fi genre. Immediately after Marie Lu’s graduation at the Southern University
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realistic | Forest Gump‚ The reader‚ Good will Hunting‚ Titanic | Horror | Dark‚ attacks your fears‚ | The Grudge‚ The Saw series‚ Texas Chain Saw Massacre | Musical | The characters sing the dialogue throughout the film‚ and a lot of dancing | Les Miserables‚ High school Musical‚ The king and I‚ The sound of music | Science fiction | Futuristic‚ full of gadgets‚ highly imaginative and highly technological | E.T‚ Demolition Man‚ War of the Worlds‚ Cloud Atlas‚ Star Wars‚ Star Trek | TYPES OF
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1. urchin‚ 193- a mischievous boy‚ rascal The street urchin ran about in the streets careless and happy and free of worries. 2. bourgeois‚ 195- peasants‚ middle classed citizen The 18-century French population consists of mostly peasants and bourgeois. 3. marquisates‚ 195- a rank of a marquis The marquises can be identified when they wear their marquisates. 4. chagrin‚ 201- feeling of being vexed‚ humiliated or disappointed Marius did not feel chagrin when he was told he was going to meet
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counterpart R2-D2. Also Han Solo is considered the comic relief of the Star Wars universe. Les Misérables is a 2012 British epic romantic musical historical film produced by Working Title Films and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is based on the musical of the same name by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg which is in turn based on the 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo.In Les Misérables‚ the song "Master of the House" relieves much of the sadness shown before it in the musical
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of Jesus in “The One’s Who Walk Away from Omelas” In Ursula K. Le Guin’s short story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”‚ Le Guin gives us a psychomyth‚ with the central idea of a martyr‚ and lets us decide what the end of the story should be. She leads off taking us through a beautifully constructed utopian society‚ called Omelas‚ asking periodically‚ if we agree or disagree with her construction of that society. At first‚ Le Guin paints Omelians in a light that makes us feel this society occupies
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to Walk Away From the Omelas (1991) by Ursula K. Le Guin‚ Salvation (1940) by Langston Hughes‚ and Fever 103 (1963) by Sylvia Plath. Literature prompts one to think about the piece they are reading. Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Ones to Walk Away From the Omelas (1991) invokes the reader to dissect the piece and unearth exactly what Le Guin is attempting
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