Tag: literature
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Lessons from High School Literature that Transformed My Perspective
High school can feel like an academic assembly line with a rote memorization, regurgitation, and repetition process. Yet occasionally, transformative learning emerges from unexpected corners of the curriculum. For me, that corner was Mrs. McQueen’s English Literature class, junior year. While my classmates groaned at the hefty reading list, I was intrigued by two particular…
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Work as Redemption: Insights from Les Misérables
Victor Hugo’s “Les Misérables” offers one of literature’s most in-depth studies on how work provides more than just subsistence. Work can be a pathway to redemption and a means to discover identity and service. This is shown through the transformation of its hero, Jean Valjean. His journey and transformation from convict to benefactor highlight the…
L J Padayachy 