How Victor Hugo Influenced Me

A writer is what I aspire to be. You know when you're a kid and most of the other kids say they want to be a artist or an astronaut,but I wanted to be an author. I assumed this just because I had quality English grades and I had a strong interest in reading, but as I got older I found the power of words to be the best way to express myself. I learned to create stories that help people see things differently, that bring new ideas to my readers. Later I started to look back at the authors that changed my life, children’s authors such as Jan brett, and Kate Dicamillo taught me how to use creativity as a superpower. Authors of a few of my favorite books such as Ruta Sepetys author of Salt to the Sea, and Between Shades of Gray and William Goldman author of The Princess
Many people know who George Washington is, many people know who Thomas Edison is, but not many know who Victor Hugo is, when he lived right around the same time these two historical figures and had just as large of an influence. He changed the history of writing for the greater good and still impacts the lives of several people today. The majority of people were probably introduced to his work at a young age. They Probably watched “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” as a kid. Disney adapted the Novel written by Victor Hugo into a movie and it became an award winning motion picture that moved its audiences. This story was officially published in the year 1831 and it lived on because of Victor’s impact as an author, and this is just one book. 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