Victor Hugo – Les Misérables BACKGROUND : Victor Marie Hugo was the son of 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. The first three years of his life were spent in Elba‚ where he learnt to speak the Italian dialect spoken in the island in addition to his mother tongue. Victor got a little education in a small school. At the age of eleven‚ Hugo returned to live with his mother in Paris‚ where he got
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Venezuela All That is Shiny is not Oil President Hugo Chávez Frías passed away on March 5‚ 2013 after battling an unknown type of cancer‚ thus ending fourteen years in office as president of Venezuela. In that time‚ he extended term limits that allowed him to run and win the executive post four times‚ including surviving one recall. Chávez saw himself as the leader of the “Bolivarian Revolution” and saw Venezuela as a model for “socialism for the 21st century.” Was he successful in achieving
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majority African and native decent Venezuelan citizens. The past 200 years‚ especially the last 20 years this country made many great leaps to address these social problems. Under the leadership of Hugo Chávez who took office in 1999‚ he led the country to become a more socialist and equal country (“Hugo Chávez”). The social gap between the rich and the poor narrowed and many social and cultural rights were given to its people. Although under Chávez’s leadership this country have made great leaps in
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Victor Hugo is a celebrated French Romantic author best known for his poetry and his novels‚ including Les Misérables. Victor-Marie Hugo was born in Besançon‚ France‚ on February 26‚ 1802‚ to mother Sophie Trébuche and father Joseph-Léopold-Sigisbert Hugo. His father was a military officer who later served as a general under Napoleon. Victor Hugo studied law between 1815 and 1818‚ though he never committed himself to legal practice. Encouraged by his mother‚ Hugo embarked on a career in literature
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Hugo Chavez. The name alone is instantly recognizable. The sixty-two year old man from Venezuela has made quite the splash with his entrance into the world of politics. His charisma is both mesmerizing and disarming‚ his upbringing humble and his ideals are revolutionary. Hugo Chavez is a true leader who‚ following in the footsteps of his lifelong rebel great-grandfather‚ aims to change the face and direction of the nation of Venezuela. His movements and decisions have garnered global attention and
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Other Times‚ Other Places: Les Misérables Author: Victor Hugo Year: 1987 (New English Translation by Lee Fahnestock and Norman MacFee). 1830 (Victor Hugo’s Original) Title: Les Misérables Country of Publication: New York‚ United States of America Set in the early 18th century‚ Les Misérables spans a few generations of people‚ who fought for freedom and well-being in a harsh world as pre-revolution and post-Napoleon France was. The story follows the political progress in France‚ for the second
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result‚ these children live their whole lives alone because they never had any family there for them. This is also shown in the novel Les Miserables through the characters Marius and Eponine. Hugo demonstrates the idea of neglect through the lack of family allegiance and shows how man can work through it. In Victor Hugo’s amaranthine classic‚ Les Miserables‚ neglect and the lack of family allegiance is portrayed as the undying force that causes man to resort to desperation to feel loved; throughout “Carnation
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Analysis and Creative Element. The historical research gave you knowledge of the author‚ and what was going on when Victor Hugo was writing this book. The literary analysis allowed you to get content from the book and provided examples of the theme. The creative element allowed you to present it as how you pictured it. While doing the historical research I found out about Victor Hugo’s love life. It revealed that he had had an affair with a girl named Juliette while being married to Adele. He
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Martin Scorsese’s Hugo No director loves movies more than Martin Scorsese. Knowing that he has spent the past four decades declaring his affection for the movies‚ you won’t be considered foolish to presume that good ‘ol Marty has finally started to calm down. But you would presume wrong. His voice has never been louder and clearer. Founded on Scorsese’s lifelong love affair with the movies‚ “Hugo” is a dazzling and magical gem that embraces the very essence of film itself. You can sense an
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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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