In Girl With A Pearl Earring and Les Miserables‚ Griet and Cosette are mistreated by the higher class. Cosette is Fantine’s daughter who is given to the Thenardiers‚ a family of innkeepers‚ because Fantine knows she cannot take care of Cosette. While at the Thenardiers’s inn‚ Cosette is abused and forced to do extortionate tasks she is barely able to do‚ like fetch water in the dark with a bucket larger than her. She is given no mercy‚ because of the “fierce mistress and venomous master” she is being
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is the true rationalist because he believes the law is the highest authority‚ sees Jean Valjean as purely evil‚ and because he wholeheartedly believes in the infallibility of the law. Javert believes the law is the highest authority throughout Les Miserables. When his character is first described‚ Hugo states "It will be easily understood that Javert was the terror of all that class which the annual statistics of the Minister of Justice include under the heading: People without a fixed abode" (57)
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Victor Hugo‚ the author of‚ “Les Misérables‚” once said‚ “Change your opinions‚ keep your principles; change your leaves‚ keep intact your roots.” This is a quote that can be reassuring to a person who is going through a rough patch in life or when they are at a stance in their life where they have forgotten who they are. When I read this quote‚ I think about where I come from and how it has shaped me to be the person I am today. One way that my roots have affected me is by my speech communities
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Prompt: In Victor Hugo’s novel‚ Les Miserables‚ consider the fortunes of Cosette‚ Jean Valjean‚ Javert‚ Marius‚ and Thenardiers and how they have developed. Further analyze the social injustices portrayed by Hugo‚ through their stories. In Victor Hugo’s novel‚ Les Miserables‚ there are many social injustices that are made evident through his writing. These social injustices are made clear through the stories of the main characters. Hugo presents these issues from a wide spectrum of perspectives
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The Ways Jean Valjean both Helps and Hinders Cosette in Les Miserables In the 19th century of France most of the children were poor orphans because parents could not provide for their children. Usually they would throw the boys on the streets but keep the girls because they could make profit off of them. However‚ some orphans like Cosette as portrayed in Les Miserables found someone who would love and care for them. Upon careful research this paper will show not only how Jean Valjean helped Cosette
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in such dramatic ways and settings as the content itself makes people intrigued by it. The action‚ the gore‚ this is the type of stuff that really gets people going. As the content of this poem holds true action and other great qualities‚ it can be seen that there is much more to the content other than the action and conflict that goes on. Once a reading of Beowulf can be concluded‚ the action and conflict can really shock a person‚ but‚ it can also be seen that the content of the poem also holds
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me as you please; but help me first to carry him home. I only ask that of you." Upon examination of Les Miserables‚ it is clearly evident that the elements of Forgiveness‚ Self Sacrifice‚ and Courage are only a few of the main themes Hugo wanted to develop. <br> <br>First off‚ is the element of forgiveness. In a book of mistrust‚ poverty‚ and hate forgiveness thrives in the world of Les Miserables. The first example of this was at the very beginning‚ when Jean Valjean stayed with the bishop. Valjean
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Brittany Adelhardt Book Report: The Miserable Mill 10/24/10 Junior English‚ B3 The Miserable Mill The story of The Miserable Mill‚ is the sequence novel to Series Of Unfortunate Events By Lemony Snicket. It is the story about the Baudelaires’ three misfortuanant children who have been moving to different family membors and now what would be the Lucky Smells Lumbermill‚ there "new" home. While traveling with Mr.Poe‚ they see a building in the shape of an eye. When the Bauldelaires’ arrive at
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Jeremiah Gates The Good Life Inter 135 10/18/13 A miserable Specimen In chapter eight of the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks the author Rebecca Skloot named it “a miserable specimen”. I believe this an accurate title for the reading because throughout the chapter they talk about how miserable Henrietta Lacks was. She always had to come back to the hospital complaining of pain and every time the doctors would always tell her that was she was fine and that they didn’t see anything. Then a few
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Introduction: Summary: ‘The Big Short’ is about banking in the seventies and how boring it was until Lewis Le Nery came on the scene and changed banking forever. He introduced the Mortgage Backed Security. Everyone was excited‚ sales of bonds escalated; America’s number one industry became banking. Bankers went from country clubs to strip clubs until in 2008‚ when it all came crashing down! The worst financial crisis in modern times‚ the largest financial disaster leaving five thousand million people
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