Jean Valjean‚ a criminal‚ that will always be known as a criminal. Although he shouldn’t deserve that name for himself because in reality he was just a man who wasn’t self-centered. Jean Valjean‚ after being let out of prison‚ though he was free but in reality he just manages to get back into a world filled of hate for convicts. Even after he decided to through away that passport was he still feeling the obligation to give away? Was Valjean really free after encountering the Bishop and promising
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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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Most of us have heard of Pierre Peladeau‚ a man who has built a multi-billion dollar company from a $1‚500 loan. There is no doubt that he has achieved a lot during his life time and there is no doubt that a lot of it was good. For instance‚ he was known for donating millions to charities and even visiting dying strangers in Montreal hospitals to bolster their spirits. However‚ I believe that the bad things he did overshadow the good. He was involved in several controversies‚ the most famous being
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An analysis of Le Corbusier’s “Le Villa La Roche-Jeanneret” ! Le Corbusier’s modernist residence which was built in Paris‚ 1923‚ has become one of the most widely recognized examples of what could be argued as a residential home‚ a project often considered as the pivotal point of an architect’s career. Designing and building a personal dwelling allows the architects freedom to manifest their sense of individuality‚ and in Corbusier’s case‚ the opportunity to build the ultimate modernist home with
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Monsieur Villefort works as a public prosecutor in Paris in 1815. At this time period‚ Bonapart is on the rise‚ Monsieur Villefort’s job consists mostly of incarcerating those with Bonapartist political views. As he is at a dinner party with his soon to be wife and family in law‚ he recieves news that he has to see a young sailor who is going to be tried for delievering a package to the Isle that Bonapart is located on. The young man comes in and pleads his innocence‚ explaining that he only visited
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Paris 36 starts with confession by the protagonist Pigoil(Gérard Jugnot) to a police officer‚ accused of murder. It turns to a flashback to the year 1936 depicting the unstable district in a Paris faubourg‚ suffered from depression and the rising pool of involuntary unemployment. Pigoil has lost his lifetime job in a liquidated musical hall and his wife runs off with another man. More miserably‚ Pigoil cannot keep the custody of his beloved son- JoJo(Maxence Perrin) because of his financial inability
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Le Cid Corneille The playwright of Le Cid is one written by Corneille sometime before 1636 when it was first performed in France. This was his first play that became a popular hit with the people of France as well as with the King Louis XIII. This play was so well appreciated it was used as a base for many other plays to follow. This play is based on the deeds of a Spanish soldier El Cid. The play relates to Le Cid having to challenge Le Cid’s future father in-law to a duel. He is stuck
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Le Châtelier’s principle states that The system will have one reaction dominate until the offsetting changes allow the rates of the forward and reverse reactions to be equal again (reestablishing equilibrium). If the forward reaction dominates in order to offset the changes‚ we say the system “shifts to the right” or “shifts toward products” in order to reestablish equilibrium conditions. This will increase the concentration of the products and decrease the concentration of the reactants. However
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frying pan with a guitar neck attached to the side of it. In 1942 Les Paul designed a guitar called the “Log” made from a block maple wood with a bridge‚ guitar neck‚ six-strings‚ and pickups. It was until 1952 that Les Paul came out with another guitar that was even better than his first creation and that would soon change the way music was played. His new guitar helped create the sound for rock-and-roll and American popular music. Les Paul had and an interesting life‚ with his first guitar‚ and then
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Term Paper Le Corbusier ARTH220 D001 Spr 13 Dr. Irene Nero July 21‚ 2013 I first decided to write about Alberti‚ but then seeing that we were allowed to write about any architect we’ve come across in this course‚ I thought to myself who would be better than Le Corbusier or Frank Lloyd Wright; cliché’ ‚ but yet they’re the fathers of the modern Architecture. Alberti’s type of Architecture wasn’t in use and he’s only looked at as history. Modern Architecture is what we live in‚ what
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