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Deep Analysis of Les Misérables: Royalists, Revolutionaries & Street-Urchins (Pt.3: Pages 495-555) (Patreon)

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2021-11-05 17:36:06
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It's time to meet Marius and his grandfather in a series of poignant and painful passages.

We're talking about the knock-on effect of the French Revolution, and the tragedy of families being torn apart by politics.

Video Timestamps:

  • 0:00 congratulations on making it halfway through
  • 1:30 Les Misérables as mountain 
  • 3:00 Marius and Gavroche
  • 10:00 street-urchins (the gamin)
  • 13:00 defining abstract terms (writing assignment)
  • 15:00 the flâneur in French Literature
  • 20:00 "All adult crime has its source in the vagabondage of the young"
  • 24:00 homeless children in the world today
  • 25:00 the psychology of slang
  • 32:00 politics and inter-generational conflict
  • 34:00 a personal growth exercise for the end of the year
  • 39:00 Les Misérables and the French Revolution
  • 41:00 the downside of the Hollywood movie
  • 45:00 Marius' political change
  • 54:00 the argument between Marius and his grandfather
  • 1:00:00 the accomplishment of reading thus far

Questions to Consider:

1) What do you make of Marius? Did the familial turmoil resonate with you?

2) Have you used any specialist slang unique to your industry or peer-group? If so, would you share some with us? 

Happy reading, everybody!

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Deep Analysis of Les Misérables: Royalists, Revolutionaries & Street-Urchins (Pt.3: Pages 495-555)

0:00 congratulations on making it halfway through 1:30 Les Misérables as mountain 3:00 Marius and Gavroche 10:00 street-urchins (the gamin) 13:00 defining abstract terms (writing assignment) 15:00 the flâneur in French Literature 20:00 "All adult crime has its source in the vagabondage of the young" 24:00 homeless children in the world today 25:00 the psychology of slang 32:00 politics and inter-generational conflict 34:00 a personal growth exercise for the end of the year 39:00 Les Misérables and the French Revolution 41:00 the downside of the Hollywood movie 45:00 Marius' political change 54:00 the argument between Marius and his grandfather 1:00:00 the accomplishment of reading thus far

Comments

Jonathon Glover

I love the notion of the Flaneur. The city, wandering, meandering, observing. Whenever I travel I like to think of myself as a flaneur, taking in the habits, customs and idiosyncrasies of a new place. Intergenerational conflict seems inevitable in a world driven by economic, and social, progress. It is easy to romanticise the places where someone is doing the same work, and thinking the same way, that their grandfather did. But in that stability, don’t we also lose something? I like the focus on the aftermath of the revolution, rather than the revolution itself. And exploring how it impacts on the everyday people has made this a really rewarding section for me. I thought the set up of Marius and his family was really effective. And I the pacing from the wider flaneuristic view of Paris into the personal, familial conflict between grandfather and grandson to be really effective. Finally, I love this notion of the Gamin. It reminds of the characters in ‘City of God’, who terrorise the favelas of Rio in that wonderful film. Hugo tends to lean more towards Rousseau than Hobbes in his representation, but symbolically, I was drawn into this world completely.

Alice

My favorite part of this video was the discussion on political views / opinions. I love your assertion that people’s actions are underpinned by an ultimate desire to be morally good. At this point in time, I’m not sure I would agree, but I feel a door of understanding, of consideration, of possibility being opened in myself. I seldom hear this view. There are sections of Hugo’s writing that are deeper and more emotionally resonant, where the writing comes alive more (at least for me). The scene of Marius looking out the window at night reading, during his conversion is one, as well as the scene of familial conflict. Family conflict, in particular, becomes so unspoken, so personal, that any differences seem to metastasize into irreparable emotional rifts that are sometimes even unable to be articulated. How can you even begin to get the two of them to understand each other? It would be like trying to get my mother and I to understand each other. There is so much built up resentment, disagreement and judgement, layer upon layer, year upon year that in essence, we can’t truly remember why we disagree on everything. I think this type of conflict underlies a lot of politics. I have been wading through Les Miserables. I find 80 percent of the writing a struggle, but 20 percent makes me soar. I will forge onwards.