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    Movie Report for Les Miserables Les Miserables is a master work of Victor Hugo‚ one of the most prestigious novelists in the field of French literature. Under the background of nineteenth century‚ the novel has clearly appeared the plot by describing the tragic life of the impoverished people in England. The hero‚ Ran A Rang‚ a poor worker who had been sentenced to prison‚ once successfully crawled towards the higher class of society in his endeavors through disguising himself and doing good

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    Themes: The Long-Term Effects of the French Revolution on French Society In les Miserable‚ “Hugo traces the social impact of the numerous revolutions‚ insurrections‚ and executions that took place in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century France”(39). The writer sympathises with the people and the republican movements rather than the monarchy. In his novel he criticizes all of the regimes sense the French Revolution because it doesn’t deal fairly with the social injustice and there are to

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    The love story of Andrew Jackson and his wife‚ Rachel‚ has been acclaimed one of the greatest romances of the nineteenth century. Author Irving Stone went to great lengths to write a book of accuracy of their life together. Using many different government libraries and historical reference groups to build a fact filled book on a great American president and his wife. Starting in 1784‚ when young Rachel was still wed to Captain Lewis Robards; Stone begins to take you back in time with this piece

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    Le morne

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    this report may be used or distribute for commercial exploitation. Printed by Government Printing ISBN: 978-99903-1-025-2 ISBN: 978-99903-1-021-4 Truth and Justice Commission ii VOL 3: PART I – SLAVERY – INHABITANTS OF LE MORNE – PAST AND PRESENT Le Morne Cemetery: Archaeological Investigations - the 2010 Season: Excavation‚ Results and Interpretation DR. KRISH SEETAH Consultant‚ TJC From reports by DIEGO CALAON Università Ca’ Foscari‚ Venezia SAŠA AVAL Inštitut za antropološke

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    CONTEXT Victor Hugo was born in 1802 in the French town of Besançon. His father was a general in Napoléon’s army‚ and much of his childhood was therefore spent amid the backdrop of Napoléon’s campaigns in Spain and in Italy. At the age of eleven‚ Hugo returned to live with his mother in Paris‚ where he became infatuated with books and literature. By the time he was fifteen‚ he had already submitted one poem to a contest sponsored by the prestigious French Academy. Hugo wrote prolifically in all

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    The novel Les Misérables was written in 1862 by Victor Hugo. Behind the plot of Les Misérables lie inklings about the meaning of life and about human nature. Components of Romanticism and Realism are used by Hugo in order to successfully project his feelings about the plight of mankind. Various components of Romanticism and Realism can be found in Les Misérables‚ especially in the characters of Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert. Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement in the history

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    The 80's: A Short Story

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    destruction to families‚ millions of people were hook‚ and people were leaving their kids to pursue their habit. Unfortunately for me‚ I was one of those kids who lost a parent to the 80’s. Oakland in the 70’s was a soulful city‚ it symbolizes strength‚ and unity because of the Black Panthers. Consequently‚ when the 80’s hit‚ the city became all about survival‚ and there was only a few options‚ drug dealer‚ drug addict‚ jail‚ or death. With all that going around me‚ my family was very big on church‚ especially

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    Les Choristes

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    d’après-guerre en 1948‚ Clément Mathieu‚ professeur de musique sans emploi‚ accepte le poste de surveillant au Fond de l’Étang‚ un internat de rééducation pour mineurs. Le système répressif appliqué par le directeur‚ Rachin‚ bouleverse Mathieu. Il décide d’initier ces enfants difficiles à la musique et au chant choral‚ malgré les règlements sévères du directeur. Par la musique‚ Mathieu réussi à changer les comportements de chacun. En filmant l’histoire de ce musicien raté qui transmet

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    Le Corbusier

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    LE CORBUSIER ( 1887-1965) Le Corbusier has an original name Charles Edouard Jeanneret who was born in Switzerland in 1887. He was the second son of a dial painter‚ and a musician teacher. He is the most influential architect of the 20th century. He was an architect‚ designer‚ painter‚ writer‚ and city planner‚active mostly in France . He was one of the pioneers of modern architecture‚ which he considered as International Style. In 1907‚ after completing his first building project‚ Villa Pallet

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    Le Corbusier (born October 6‚ 1887‚ La Chaux-de-Fonds‚ Switzerland—died August 27‚ 1965‚ Cap Martin‚ France) internationally influential Swiss architect and city planner‚ whose designs combine the functionalism of the modern movement with a bold‚ sculptural expressionism. He belonged to the first generation of the so-called International school of architecture and was their most able propagandist in his numerous writings. In his architecture he joined the functionalist aspirations of his generation

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