I tried to read it (in an abridged version)...but soon found the whole business too sentimental and artificial.
does anybody remember the subject? there was a family named Tenardieux. what can you say about them?
@steel-apron said in #12:
> does anybody remember the subject? there was a family named Tenardieux. what can you say about them?
*Thénardier
They represent avarice and human exploitation in the way they treat Cosette. A rather stereotypical portrayal of innkeepers and grocers in French literature.
The most important and always interesting character to study is Jean Valjean. Victor Hugo was a humanist who was opposed to the death penalty and wrote extensively about the prison system with an empathy and humanity quite rare for the time. He presents Jean Valjean as an innocent who simply stole food to feed his nephews and nieces. Yet upon his release from prison, he is capable of stealing a coin from a child who dropped it. He will, however, regain his sense of justice and become the human being he was before his imprisonment, becoming mayor of a village and participating in the revolution without killing anyone, even saving lives.
Hugo wants us to understand that the penal colony is a place that destroys humanity and that a significant number of convicts are simply victims of poverty, forced to steal to survive.
@CSKA_Moscou said in #13:
> > does anybody remember the subject? there was a family named Tenardieux. what can you say about them?
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> *Thénardier
> They represent avarice and human exploitation in the way they treat Cosette. A rather stereotypical portrayal of innkeepers and grocers in French literature.
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> The most important and always interesting character to study is Jean Valjean. Victor Hugo was a humanist who was opposed to the death penalty and wrote extensively about the prison system with an empathy and humanity quite rare for the time. He presents Jean Valjean as an innocent who simply stole food to feed his nephews and nieces. Yet upon his release from prison, he is capable of stealing a coin from a child who dropped it. He will, however, regain his sense of justice and become the human being he was before his imprisonment, becoming mayor of a village and participating in the revolution without killing anyone, even saving lives.
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> Hugo wants us to understand that the penal colony is a place that destroys humanity and that a significant number of convicts are simply victims of poverty, forced to steal to survive.
товарищ! напиши своими словами пожалуйста. это - ни о чем. так обычно сочинения в школе пишут.
When I was 14 and stole a piece of bread to feed myself, they threw me in a dungeon and gave me free bread for six months. This is the justice of life. Jean Valjean, Les Misérables, Victor Hugo.
it is a bit strange. we have more than 100000 players online and less than 10 replies. suppose 1% = 1000 have read the post and only 1% = 10 of the latter decided to send respect to V.Hugo. two of them said it is not interesting, another two have the opposite opinion, not revealing the details. also we have a pair of artificially created sentences (what for?) and one ruthless cry from "a real miserable". direct question on subject remained unanswered. make your conclusions.
@CCAK0123456789 said in #4:
> unrealistic
The purpose of books is not to be realist. Especially Les Misérable, which was written by an author belonging to the Romantic movement rather than the Realist movement.
It's well done . The Movie & The Broadway Play are always inspiring . I watched both movies that are most recent & want to catch the play if it's still going or comes back' . There are many lessons in life