Heroes and Villains: Inspector Javert Pt 2
Xlibris Publishing returns with part 2 of Heroes and Villains: Inspector Javert. Why does Javert do what he does? The author, Victor Hugo, has described Javert as an ultimately tragic figure. Javert’s aggressive and even destructive pursuit of Jean Valjean is not sourced in malice but in qualities that together can be admirable in […] READ MORE |
Jean Valjean
Father’s Day: Fictional Fathers
Father’s Day is coming, and Xlibris Publishing wants to celebrate the holiday with Fictional Fathers, a blog entry where we talk about famous fathers in fiction. Fathers in literature come in all kinds, from the good and the caring, to the apathetic and the mad. Atticus Finch Atticus Finch of Lee Harper’s To […] READ MORE |
Heroes and Villains: Inspector Javert
In a previous entry, Xlibris Publishing’s Heroes and Villains explored a protagonist who did not just blur the line between hero and villain — he drove a harpoon through it. For all that was admirable about Captain Ahab, it was overshadowed by an obsession that ultimately got himself and almost all those loyal to him […] READ MORE |
Heroes and Villains Introduction
Since the earliest folk-tales, myths, and legends, humanity has loved and lauded its heroes while it feared and loathed its villains. From Gilgamesh and Ishtar to Harry Potter and Voldemort, heroes and villains have portrayed the best and worst of humanity, and not always respectively. People come in all varieties, we are infinite in […] READ MORE |