Evil Good and Good Evil
**Originally written April, 2020...** So, over the course of these weeks of "sheltering" at home, I have had the luxury of tackling some books that have been on the back burner for some time. One of those books is the literarily acclaimed Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo. You may find this hard to believe, but I'd never even seen the Disney movie before reading the book. I say "hadn't" because I have since watched it -- once I'd finished the 19th century novel of course. When I picked up that book though, I approached it with a few preconceived notions. I knew it was a Disney movie, so I assumed there would be an obvious moral-to-the-story, relatable characters, a bit of romance (ie damsel in distress & knight in shining armor), a relative status quo of family friendliness, and a general sense of closure & "happily ever after." Having read the book, I can attest that (SPOILERS AHEAD) none of that is true of Hugo'