Notre-Dame de Paris is a tough story about a hunchback who is persecuted and ridiculed for his condition. He constantly harassed, and decides to hide himself away in the chapel of Notre-Dame. Throughout this story, there are numerous characters who each treat Quasimodo differently. Readers get to see different perspectives on how people treat Quasimodo and, in turn, how people view disabilities in general. In an article by Dona M. Avery, she details an extensive study into the usage of "disability" as an adjective, and analyzes its differing applications. Throughout the article, there is a back-and-forth argument for how and when to use words like "disability" and "handicap", and it gets to a point where she asks, "Does it matter what terms are used to speak of people with impairments?" To which she answers, "A person's identity is co-constructed through her relationships with society; and how she defines herself, in and through the eyes of others, as capable or incapable of carrying out certain social roles is a 'linguistically mediated process of socialization'". To unpack, it matters deeply how people are labeled becuase those labels affect how they view themselves and how others will view them. Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris, is a story whos messages stand the test of time.