Les Book vs Les Movie

A big difference had to do with how things were explained. What I mean is that in the book things were explained with such detail and meaning, a lot of things were talked about. Whereas in the movie things went by so quick. 10 pages could go by in like 1 minute or a whole chapter would pass without being noticed. The movie used music to lighten up the mood but the book had nothing to do with that. The sounds didn't really seem different at all though as thought about in the book.

Les Characters

The way Cosette looks is exactly the same as how I imagined from the book. When it came to Jean Valjean and Javert, my thoughts were completely different. Jean Valjean wasn't that off from my imagination, but Javert looks completely different from what I thought. I thought he would look way bigger and mean. In the movie, he looks way less threatening as how he was described in the book.

my best writing

I have a writer's conference coming up with Dr. Preston, and I am excited to go over BQ THOUGHTS and ENDGAME.  I chose these two pieces for specific reasons. I chose BQ thoughts because it when writing the blog post it helped me realize what big question I wanted to chose. It even made me want to learn more about that topic. I ended up choosing ENDGAME because I stuck to what I needed help on and I worked on it, it had to do with procrastination but now I have worked on it more.

Monkey see/hear/do

Well when it comes to my topic, it makes me think a lot. And many of the ideas that I come up with come from thinking. That’s how I end up being most interested in that topic. So maybe what I can do is ask or say something that could make people think about the topic also. I can show visuals that people probably haven’t seen before. Or sounds from space that would make them think more about space. (hopefully)

ESSAY DUE Jean Valjean

So far Jean Valjean has been one of the most important people that we have read about in the book Les Miserables. After reading more than 500 pages of this book I and the class have read more about Jean Valjean than any other character. This meaning we have seen all the things that have happened to him and how he handles different situations, this being said I want to describe how Jean Valjean is a dynamic character.

At the beginning we were introduced to Jean Valjean, he was said to be a criminal scum that nobody liked and tried to avoid. When Monseigneur Bienvenu, being the humble bishop he is, let Jean Valjean stay in his home when Jean didn't have a place to stay. Jean Valjean ended up stealing silverware from the bishop and ran away. Then there was a time where he stole a coin from a little kid called Petit Jarvis, he said nothing and just left with it. This showed how much he didn't care about people and didn't feel bad about stealing.

Later in the book Jean become mayor of his town, he became a better man and helps whoever he can. It was possible to become mayor because no one even knew him. There were times where he would break into people's homes, but not to steal, he would leave money for them. It happened so often where people would recognize that it was Jean Valjean that left the coins. He helped Fantine by letting her go when Javert arrested her and tried to put her in prison. There was a time where he gave someone a home/workspace and later on we find out that it helps Jean Valjean.

At this next point, Jean Valjean turned himself in because someone else was going to take responsibility for his crimes.  But Jean Valjean made a promise before to Fantine that he would bring Cosette back. So he broke out of prison to go look for the people who had been keeping her. This is where he changes back to a criminal, but just because he's a bad guy doesn't mean he's a bad guy. He had to do what it takes to get back Cosette so he became a convict again. So far he's been hiding with Cosette from Javert until they have another plan. All throughout the book, we see him change but now I think he might stay the same.

So this leads me to think that Jean Valjean, in fact, is a dynamic character. He started out as a very bad person, doing the worst things. But then we see him turn into a good man doing his best. Later we see him do what it takes to stay out of prison, even if that means he has to break out of it.

My Big Question Research

Some people think research is boring because they have to do it for a class, and it's usually about something that's not interesting. But today I did some research and it was ok. Heres how I did it. So the way I look at doing this "research" is different from when I do school work. Since this is about a topic I'm very interested in I seem to do a lot of research. My form of research is finding out more about something and gaining knowledge from it. A lot of it comes from Youtube because I spend quite some time watching videos. Sometimes I'll see something pop up in my recommendations about anything that has to do with space, and most of the time if it's interesting or something I haven't learned about then I'll usually watch it. That's it, that's what my research is, most of the time. If I'm really interested in a certain topic that has to do with the universe, I'll do a quick search or something along those lines. Someone I like to watch is VSause. I like watching his videos in particular for mainly the reason that he makes videos on a high level of intelligence, yet makes them very interesting and understandable. Many of his videos are based around strange phenomenons or space. I'm pretty sure I get most of my information from Youtube, probably around 90%. Now the reason I'm into the topic of the universe is because of how it makes you think, whether it be about our existence, or is there anything capable of matching our solar system. It really messes with your brain if you're actually interested in the topic

Weekend Goals

The thing that I could do to show what I’ve done is have my blog available to anyone that wants to see, that is because I already have something to show what I’ve learned. That’s probably the best way to show what I have learned. Not only for this weekend will this blog be available, it’s still being updated.