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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For my AP World History Movie Review‚ I chose to watch Les Miserables; a movie based on the inspirational novel by Victor Hugo. I selected this movie because i had a summer assignment on it for ADV English and also because i thought it would be a good idea to watch the movie before reading the book and compare the two afterwards. Watching this and reading the book has helped me in starting out this school year more prepared with my schoolwork. Just like the book‚ the movie was set in the early
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Class Conflict Between Characters In Les Miserables‚ by Victor Hugo many different themes and important lessons arise. Hugo goes into great depth and portrays the feelings people went through‚ during the revolution. Jean Valjean‚ a character convicted of stealing bread‚ goes from running away from Javert most of his life to being a changed man and taking in Cosette and raising her as his own. As he encounters this rebirth of his life‚ he tries to cover up his dark past. Through Eponine‚ who
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only successful product. His newest undertaking has been the classic musical‚ Les Miserables‚ which won several Oscars. Yet‚ this jaw dropping production earned mixed reviews from various critics. While critics all agree on Les Miserables plot and unsuccessful camera techniques‚ they differ on director Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the famous Broadway musical to the movie theatre and the actors live singing. Les Miserables’ plot is based on the novel written by Victor Hugo‚ set in 19th-century France
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Les Misérables “Whether true or false‚ what is said about men often has as much influence on their lives‚ and particularly on their destinies‚ as what they do.” Les Misérables is a 2012 British musical drama 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
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SUMMARY OF LES MISERABLE Les Miserable is a story about Valjean‚ a man who was sent to prison for stealing a loaf of bread. He was paroled and released from prison after 20 years‚ but society discriminates him from work‚ shelter‚ and food because he is an ex-convict. However‚ Myriel‚ a priest helped him live a new life and Valjean‚ under a new name‚ had become successful. Soon his archenemy Javert‚ found and discovered his secret identity. Meanwhile‚ Valjean meet Fontine who was forced to a life
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"Do you hear the people sing? Sing the song of angry men..." Perhaps many people are familiar with the song above‚ and this is from the movie called Les Misérables. The plot of the movie is based on the novel written by a French poet and playwright Victor Hugo. The beginning of the movie is set in the early 19th century France‚ in a prison. This movie is mainly about the main character‚ Jean Valjean‚ was sentenced to the jail for 19 years only because of having stolen a loaf of bread for his starving
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Love is a flame‚ easily snuffed out but just as easily rekindled. Flames are capable of eternally living‚ similar to love. The power of love is sometimes underestimated. In his novel Les Misérables‚ Victor Hugo demonstrates what love can really do for a person. Love is explored throughout the novel in several different ways. Hugo’s theme is that love should be shown to all‚ even if the receiver does not seem worthy‚ as shown through his character’s lives. Love has the power to redeem anyone. When
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Les Miserables at its most basic is the story of Jean Valjean. He lived with his sister and her family in extreme poverty in France after the French Revolution. In one act of desperation he broke a window and stole a loaf of bread. His sentence was lengthened by multiple escape attempts until he was finally released 19 years later. His hardness and bitterness increased by the response he got when he was required to show his papers at each new town he visited‚ resulting in lower pay and refusal of
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MOVIE REPORT I. TITLE Les Misérables II. DIRECTOR Tom Hooper III. SCREENPLAY WRITER William Nicholson& Alain Boublil for the original French text Claude-Michel Schönberg for the script book Herbert Kretzner for the lyrics IV. PRODUCTION OUTFIT Paco Delgado is the head costume designer for the movie. The production created almost 2200 outfits. The costume play had to create a whole world‚ and used a lot of color and texture to bring the movie to life the way it was in France 1800s.
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