So... This will be my first post in my blog since December 12, 2010.
Our school hosted a musical of Les Miserables on the 11th of March.
We worked very hard at the last week since it was almost the presentation day and we were not yet fully prepared but in the end we pulled it off and was successful.
I'm going to give a Summary... so that you can read more and enjoy this post. =)
Les Miserables A story about an escaped convict named Jean Valjean whose life is transformed and turned toward goodness by an act of Christian charity. Valjean had been sentenced to a term of five years because he stole bread to feed his family. His sentenced was increased because of his attempts to escape.
Jean Valjean was released after nineteen years in prison. After being free at last, he started out on foot for a distant part of the country. Innkeepers refused him food and lodging because his yellow passport revealed that he was an ex-convict. Finally, he came across a house of a Bishop whose name was Digne, a saintly man, who treated him graciously, fed him, and gave him a bed. During the night Valjean stole the Bishop's silverware and fled. The incident was reported , and the policemen immediately captured him with the stolen goods.The priest did not get mad but only gave him what he had stolen, and also added his silver candlesticks to the gift. The Bishop told the gendermes that those silverware were given to Valjean as a present. So, the astonished gendermes let the prisoner go. Alone with the Bishop, Jean was confounded by the churchman's attitude; though, the Bishop asked only that he should use the silver as means of living an honest life.
It is also a history of Victor Hugo's time. With wealth of social and philosophical commentary, the work is a plea for social reform.
