Fantine: The Fall II

Summary:
In this chapter, the bishop is talking with his two housemaids. They express their concern for the fact that there is a strange man traveling through town. They heard that he is dangerous and are trying to convince the bishop to get a new locksmith to put locks on the door to keep him out. The bishop refuses and the chapter ends with a knock at the door and the bishop yelling "Come in."

My thoughts:
I find it really interesting how kind the bishop is because he never turns anyone away. He was not willing to lock his door even to a man that everyone is warning him about. Instead he is the one that allows the man inside his home. I think it is also interesting how pressure to conform to society also does not effect the bishop. He is different than everyone else in town but he is okay with that.

This is a trailer of a remake of Les Miserables with a modern twist. (This is actually the trailer that I made in my high school English class my senior year. I think at the end of the blog project it would be nice for students to make a short film whether it is a book review or a trailer on the book.)

Fantine: The Fall I

Summary:
In this chapter there is a man that has come to the town of D---- and is looking for a place to stay. He asks many people including an innkeeper but is turned away because his papers say that he is a criminal. The prison would not even accept him to stay there. Then a woman came out of the church, she saw him sleeping on a bench, she told the traveling man to knock on one specific door.

My Thoughts:
The most interesting thing that I found about this chapter was the fact that a voice from the prison told the traveling man that "A prison is not a tavern; get yourself arrested and we will open." (Hugo 10). I find this so compelling because it shows just how desperate some people could be to find shelter. Times were so rough that people thought about getting sent to jail just to have a safe place to sleep at night.

Fantine: An Upright Man

Summary:
In this chapter, there is a man named Monsieur Charles Franccois-Bienvenu Myriel who was the Bishop of D---------. He is called the Bishop of D------ because the place that he was the bishop at was not necessesary. When the Bishop came to D----- he was accompanied by Mademoiselle Baptistine. This chapter shows the kindness of the bishop because he willingly gave up his very nice home so that the sick could be housed somewhere nice. He told the hospital that he had many rooms to spare, so that they could use his home while he lived in the small hospital. This gained him favor with the citizens of the town of D-----.

My Thoughts:
I think that is is really interesting that someone of such power is still aware of the needs of others. The Bishop was so understanding and willing to help others that he lived in a place that was less suited for him just so that others can be more comfortable. I think that it was very selfless of him and a really great thing that he did.

Standards Met

Ohio Common Core State Standards for 12th grade students that are met in this activity include the capability to:

1) Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining
where the text leaves matters uncertain.
2) Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development
over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another
to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.
3) Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific
individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.