Mason Hertrich Blog
August 26, 2019 By F. Mason Hertrich The reason why I choose the class, is because I am very interested in many different forms of storytelling. I wish to one day become a filmmaker, and as I have been told if someone is to become a master of something, they must first become a student. My favorite fairytale is The Hunchback of Notre Dame, (1831) by Victor Hugo. Both the book and its many adaptations they all incorporate a similar tale told in many French stories. Which is the monstrous, or gruesome looking person usually a man, living a tragic life of hatred among other people who hate him because of how he looks. Other examples of this include Victor Hugo's other novel "The Man Who Laughs", where the main character is maimed in childhood leaving his face in a endless smile. Quasimodo is not only a Hunchback, but half blinded, and deaf. So he wonders around the bell-tower and occasionally used as a pawn in the affairs of others. It is I belief quite a powerful story