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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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    the movie Les Miserables (1998) The movie is a potent social document of poverty‚ ignorance‚ and brutality of man by Victor Hugo. Les Miserables is also a rousing adventure of the hapless victim of French society - Jean Valjean‚ and his valiant struggle to redeem his past. The movie had been so well done. The actors and actresses had played their part and portrayed the characters in a way that the audience could really relate to. It was shorter than the adaptation of 2012 Les Miserables but the characters

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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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    Hena Alyssa Marie L. Capati Mrs. Ma. Victoria Bacani IV-BSED LES MISERABLES (Reaction paper) The movie‚ Les Miserables is based on the novel of Victor Hugo‚ though the book is 100 of times better than the movie and there is a different final‚ they only talk about the same thing. Les Miserables is all about an illiterate boy who stole bread and convicted for 19 years. When he was discharged on his parole‚ he again committed same offense for the last time; stealing. In the movie‚

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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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    Throughout the whole plot of Les Miserables‚ Hugo develops a variety of themes: love‚ redemption‚ good and evil‚ charity‚ suffering‚ societal inequality‚ justice… All of them are tied together‚ and every theme has its significance for the novel. However‚ in my opinion‚ the theme of justice is central in the book. It covers the development of every single character and fully reflects the whole point of the book called "Misérables" – rejected‚ the bottom of society; moreover‚ justice is also the primary

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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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    Catholic Social Teaching is a central and essential element of our faith. Catholic Social Teaching is one example of a tradition of ethics. Catholic Social Teaching is one such attempt to provide ethical counsel regarding just relationships in political and economic life (Massaro‚57). In the nation state Chile there is an eschatological imagination of Catholic Social Teaching. An eschatological imagination of Catholic Social Teaching is the counter state of Pinochet’s regime. An eschatological

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