When Victor Hugo began writing his classic tale The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, his goal was to make his contemporaries more aware of the value of Gothic architecture.

There has always been a debate as to whether or not Quasimodo was based on a real person. An article published in 2010 references the memoirs of a 19th-century sculptor working at Notre Dame. The memoir mentions a stone carver employed in the cathedral’s construction who had a severe hunchback and kept to himself.

In the Disney version of events, Quasimodo is friends with the gargoyles of the Church and they talk to each other.

“To a gargoyle on the ramparts of Notre Dame as Esmeralda rides off with Gringoire Quasimodo says. “Why was I not made of stone like thee?”

More information can be found here…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunchback_of_Notre-Dame

https://theconversation.com/how-the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-inspired-the-cathedrals-19th-century-revival-115614

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/british-archivist-discovers-the-real-life-quasimodo/article1388693/