In the three different ways of understanding Les Misérable, theres different ways of understanding his conflicts. Each certain median lets the reader imagine his conflict in a certain way. As an example of showing this, in a book the reader can tell by the words being used, in a song the person listening to the song can tell by the singers tone in their words, and in the movie it shows the actors actions and facial expressions. When adapting a novel into other mediums, such as a movie or a musical, there are details about internal conflict that are lost and potentially added. This is the case when Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, the song “Who Am I?” from the musical, and the 1998 film adaptation.
Upon reading the novel Les Misérables by …show more content…
During the film it is relatively easy to be able to feel his emotions by how he shows them. When Inspector Javert tells Jean Valjean that they found the real Jean and that he was being put in court, Jean changes his facial expression and tone in words. By his doing this it is easy to tell that Jean is not pleased and feels like something is wrong. But what is hard to tell in the movie is his internal conflict. As a comparison, in the book Les Misérable it is easy to tell his thoughts and thought process because it has the first person point of view. In the movie it misses this, so it is harder to recognize his thought process in whether or not to do a certain thing, especially when he was debating on going to the courthouse or not.
When adapting a novel into other mediums, such as a movie or a musical, there are details about internal conflict that are lost and potentially added. This is the case when Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, the song “Who Am I?” from the musical, and the 1998 film adaptation. During the book it is capable of visualizing Jeans thoughts of turning himself in to save an innocent man. The writer does this by using different toned words to make it sound like he either wants to turn himself in or not. This median also tells the reader his internal conflict in which way to go on whether or not to turn himself
Upon reading the novel Les Misérables by …show more content…
During the film it is relatively easy to be able to feel his emotions by how he shows them. When Inspector Javert tells Jean Valjean that they found the real Jean and that he was being put in court, Jean changes his facial expression and tone in words. By his doing this it is easy to tell that Jean is not pleased and feels like something is wrong. But what is hard to tell in the movie is his internal conflict. As a comparison, in the book Les Misérable it is easy to tell his thoughts and thought process because it has the first person point of view. In the movie it misses this, so it is harder to recognize his thought process in whether or not to do a certain thing, especially when he was debating on going to the courthouse or not.
When adapting a novel into other mediums, such as a movie or a musical, there are details about internal conflict that are lost and potentially added. This is the case when Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, the song “Who Am I?” from the musical, and the 1998 film adaptation. During the book it is capable of visualizing Jeans thoughts of turning himself in to save an innocent man. The writer does this by using different toned words to make it sound like he either wants to turn himself in or not. This median also tells the reader his internal conflict in which way to go on whether or not to turn himself