During this class we spent about half of the class talking about the Modernization Theory, Karal Marx and Victor Hugo. I really appreciated the dumbed down explanation of the Modernization Theory. Having the theory explained in 4 steps made the topic much easier to understand.

 I also helped having Marx's thoughts summed up as ,the unequal collective society will organize itself into a bloc to create an equal collective society and  Hugo's thoughts as ... revolutions start when people living miserable lives rise up and kill those holding then down.

The second part of the class we discussed the movie Les Miserables. We spoke about what exactly made specific characters (Fantine, Cosette, Marcius, Jean Valjean, Eponine, The Thenadirs, Javert, Gavronche and the people at the barricade ) lives miserable. After the discussion in which we discussed what each of the characters represented,I felt that either Fantine who represents the future generations or Cosette who represents someone with their life mapped out/ pre-planned had the most miserable life.