Victor Hugo and French Politics
Victor Hugo grew up in the vast political landscape of post-Revolutionary France. Generally considered one of the greatest French writers in history, he wrote novels, poetry, short stories and plays throughout his life. His works heavily influenced the French Romantic movement, being some of the first works of poetry and novels that emerged in France. Hugo’s involvement in politics had some of the strongest influences on both his writing and his personal life; towards the middle of his life, he became heavily involved in politics, even to the extent of putting a hiatus on his writing to focus on his political career. In the peak of his literary career, Hugo incorporated politics into many of his fictional works,
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In 1848 he was elected to the Constitutional Assembly and Legislative Assembly, initially with the conservatives. However, he broke with them after giving a speech on the abolition of poverty in France. He supported the freedom of the press, universal suffrage, free education for all children, abolishment of the death penalty, as well as liberty for all. Many of his works involved political discussion; Claude Gueux was a short story and essay about the downfalls of France’s prison system. Les Misérables was perhaps the most significant of his political works; in the novel, he included essays with his thoughts on France’s various revolutions and institutions, as well as letting some of his political views show through characters like Jean Valjean and …show more content…
He initially went to Brussels before travelling to Guernsey, a small island in the English Channel and off the coast of Normandy. He remained there in exile for nineteen years, until the fall of Napoleon III in 1870. Even when Napoleon III offered amnesty to all exiles, Hugo declined the offer, as it meant he was unable to criticize the Napoleonic regime. (State Library Victoria) While in exile, he continued to publish anti-Napoleon III works, such as Napoleon le Petit and Histoire d’un crime. Hugo also published three poetry collections and three novels, The Man Who Laughs and The Toilers of the Sea but by far his most famous work written and published during his exile was Les Misérables, which was published in 1862. (Houston, 1988) He had begun to entertain ideas of writing about poverty and misery in France since the early 1830s, soon after Hugo witnessed the June Rebellion of 1832. Yet it took another thirty years for him to write the novel and publish it. It was published in five parts in France before being translated into several languages and sent around the world. While the novel was scorned by critics, the masses whom consumed the novel found it incredibly popular. One of the shortest messages before the digital age was between Hugo and his publisher, with Hugo writing to ask about the success of Les Misérables
Toussaint L’Ouverture was born in 1743 in Saint Domingue on a plantation in Cap-Haïtien. He was quite prodigious as a young child: rather than working as a field slave and toiling in the hot sun, he began his slave existence as a herder. Later on, he became a coach driver and waiter for his owner. Ultimately, his owner saw such promise in him that he appointed L’Ouverture as an overseer of fellow slaves who were working in the field. Throughout his tenure, being a more “upscale” slave, he was given access to the plantation library. It was in that library that L’Ouverture’s godfather taught him how to read and write, and the seeds of his future were sown.
Jean Paul Marat’s early personal life had an effect on his later political career. Born in Boudry, Neuchatel on 24 May 1743 to a family of mixed race, Jean Paul Marat had a passionate and tenacious temperament that would serve him throughout his professional life. Marat always fought for his principles, and this exceptional determination was apparent even from his childhood. Although he was bold and passionate, he exuded coolness and confidence when under fire- a trait that helped him in his political career when he was being denounced in front of the entire National Convention. An educated man fascinated in the natural world, Marat’s first career was as a scientist and physician. His education opened him up to radical thoughts and ideas, as he held great admiration for Enlightenment philosophers such as Rousseau. His dedication to the scientific profession lasted until the French Revolution, when he was accidentally thrust into politics. The political climate was changing, and the people were growing impatient with the declining economy and oppressive monarchical rule of Louis XVI. The nature of Marat’s liberal thoughts and political leanings introduced him to politics as a writer who would later become a politician of national importance.
When the French Revolution began, he was supportive from the start and visited Paris to get involved in the events. This book includes 31 articals explaining how the French government did not safeguard the rights of it's people.
Here lies tenth grade Victor. He was lazy,but determine to do his work. He hate editing, but he had to do, sometimes didn’t edit and he had to deal with the consequences. Hello I’m 11th grade Victor. 10 grade Victor love to play and joke around. He love to make people laugh and he talk a lot. Victor wanted to become a football and he still determine to it, but he love kids and he wanted to become a pediatrician. I learn from 10 grade Victor is to enjoy life with a smile and have fun with your friends. I believe he taught other to joke around, but be serious when you have to be. One of 10 grade Victor favorite quotes was by Bruce Lee “Don’t pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” I’m going to miss 10 grade Victor.
The still-standing aqueducts, bathhouses, and other public works of both ancient republic and empire testify to the engineering and architectural skills of the Romans. The rebirth of science during the Renaissance brought the daring speculations of Leonardo da Vinci (including discoveries in anatomy, meteorology, geology, and hydrology, as well as a series of fascinating though ultimately impractical designs for a "flying machine"). The scientist Galilei Galileo also called as the first modern scientist. Galileo’s achievement includes improving the telescope, various astronomical observations, and initial formulation of the first and second laws of motion. Although Galileo is suppressed by the Catholic Church, but he was the founder of modern
Leonardo da Vinci is a very famous and well-known artist. He became very interested in art at a very early age. Leonardo da Vinci started his art career as a boy not knowing he would become a famous artist for his work. Leonardo da Vinci had many skills in art that included drawing, oil painting, and sculpting. He had many different medias of art however, I will only discuss two. The two I will be discussing are “The Vitruvian Man” and “The Virgin of the Rocks.”
Les Miserables, a captivating novel by Victor Hugo, tells the story of multiple people's journey to overcome society's judgment of them. Hugo uses Les Miserables to convey the message that people are capable of change. Hugo develops his theme through the characters Eponine, Jean Valjean and Javert.
As one can see, his ideas of religious freedom and the government is what brought about the French Revolution, which has affected France up to this very day because they no longer have a royal absolutist government like they once had.
Hugo cabret is broken because he has no parents to care for him, no siblings to share with and no friends to make him laugh. He steals, lies and tries not to be noticed because if he does, he gets sent to the orphanage, and that’s no place for a boy as creative and adventurous as him. He cannot be caged or trapped because if he isn’t on his feet all the time, busy all the time, he has time to think. time to remember. Through the novel of The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Hugo finds his purpose in magic.
Napoleon Bonaparte was one great influence on Victor Hugo that impacted Les Misérables. Within the novel, Hugo creates a symbolic parallelism between Valjean and Napoleon (Bloom 204). Victor Brombert writes “...[Valjean] returns from the Touban galleys, in October 1815, by moving north through Digne and Grenoble. It is the same road that Napoleon had taken on his short-lived return to power from the island of Elba seven months earlier” (204). Brombert references the novel itself: “...the same road by which, seven months before, the Emperor Napoleon went from Cannes to Paris.” Another parallel lies
During the generation artist have always evolved and practiced the art of portraiture coming from different times in history and also interpreting their cultural experience into their art works, artist Pablo Picasso and Frida Kahlo both reconnoitering portraiture as a way of creating their type of art, Frida Kahlo was born in Magdalena Carmen on the 6th of July 1906 one of Mexico’s finest artist in her times, also suffering a serious injury from a bus accident in 1932 Frida Kahlo started to incorporate surrealism in her artwork having a deeply personally creation about her miscarriage, Pablo Picasso born in 1801 in Malaga, Spain, Pablo
Victor Hugo’s works discuss many themes; forgiveness and compassion, justice, and the need for political change, among many others, and much of the time, adhering to these themes take precedence over obeying the law. Hugo was elected to the Parliament in 1848 as a conservative, yet when he started making progressive speeches, was forced to break with the conservatives. It was when Napoleon III came into power that Hugo stood up for his views, declaring Napoleon III a traitor to France, and was exiled from France for nineteen years for this. Hugo’s sense of morality defied law; he refused to obey and paid the price for it. Hugo continued to publish novels and anti-Napoleon III material while he was in exile in Guernsey. Some of Hugo’s most powerful
Bootstrapping using the trusted base station is one option where each node shares a single key with base station and then setup keys to other nodes with this base station. Many other approaches have been designed for this key management technique but disadvantages do exist for each and finally a secure key distribution mechanism is needed for large scale WSNs.
During the late 19th century a new form of expression immerged known as the artistic movement of postimpressionism. This movement was highly individual and expressive. Some of the most creative painters in history helped to make the style a success including Gauguin, Cezanne, Rousseau, but Vincent Van Gogh is considered by many the master of postimpressionist movement. Vincent van Gogh pursued various careers and vocations before becoming an artist. He was influenced by his father, the Dutch Reformed minister, in becoming a clergy man .His mother was a book seller and she influenced him. Van Gogh is also known for some of his writings. During his lifetime he has produced almost nine hundred paintings and more than one thousand works on paper. Unfortunately his art did not gain the popularity and fame it has nowadays till after his death. Ironically in one of his quotes he critics his work as "of very secondary importance".
committing a crime. As a society, we have the upmost interest in preventing murder, so we use the strongest punishment available to deter this crime, and that is the death penalty. The U.S. ranked fifth in the world in capital punishment, alongside China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq (Merino, 2015). Our society seeks to be good, defined as moral, upright, wholesome, and virtuous. None of these terms are associated with capital punishment, and we should abolish capital punishment for several reason. (U.S. News & World Report Weekly).