Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Victor Hugo saw several times the spectacle of the guillotine and was angered at the spectacle that society can make of it. It was the day after crossing the "Place de l'Hotel de Ville" where an executioner was greasing the guillotine in anticipation of a scheduled execution that Hugo began writing The Last Day of a Condemned Man.
Victor Folke Nelson was born in Malmö, Sweden on June 5, 1898 [6] to Anna Pehrson and Carl Nelson. [10] Victor's parents emigrated to the state of Massachusetts, US, with him and his three siblings when he was three years old. [6] The Nelson family struggled economically and Victor's mother died when he was seven years old.
Man's Search for Meaning is a 1946 book by Viktor Frankl chronicling his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, and describing his psychotherapeutic method, which involved identifying a purpose to each person's life through one of three ways: the completion of tasks, caring for another person, or finding meaning by facing suffering with dignity.
The story of a mentally ill man jailed on littering charges who killed himself by taking a chainsaw to his neck while on work duty at a state prison near Miami provokes a visceral reaction. We ...
Victor Hassine (1956–2008) was a prisoner for over 20 years in the Pennsylvania state prison system who became a writer on crime and punishment. Born in Egypt and raised in Trenton, NJ, he was the author of Life without Parole: Living in Prison Today which includes stories of prison life, interviews with other prisoners and short essays about his personal views of the prison and criminal ...
Jean Valjean (French: [ʒɑ̃ val.ʒɑ̃]) is the protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables.The story depicts the character's struggle to lead a normal life and redeem himself after serving a 19-year-long prison sentence for stealing bread to feed his sister's starving children and attempting to escape from prison.
Erik reflected on his adjustment to life behind bars, telling People in 2005, "The cell I live in is tiny ... about 6′ by 4′. Two people live in the cell. Two people live in the cell.
Died in prison Victor Lustig ( German pronunciation: [ˈvɪktoːɐ̯ ˈlʊstɪç] ; January 4, 1890 – March 11, 1947) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] was a con artist from Austria-Hungary , who undertook a criminal career that involved conducting scams across Europe and the United States during the early 20th century.