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Jean Valjean Les Miserables
687 wordsThe plot in Les Miserables us about a man convicted of a petty crime and sent to jail. He ended up in prison for 21 years, yet after getting out became a very compassionate and generous man. He was also an excellent father figure to a young girl. Although he was a very good man he went through many trials and hardships. At the beginning of Les Miserables, Jean Valjean could not afford to support his sisters family, so in his desperation he stole a loaf of bread. For this small crime he was sent ...
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Loaf Of Bread Jean Valjean
619 wordsLes Miserables, by Victor Hugo is a novel filled with action, hatred, sorrow and forgiveness. The main character that the novel focuses on is named Jean Valjean. After going to prison for a petty theft of a loaf of bread, Jean Valjean comes out of imprisonment as an ex-convict. Well informed to others that he is an ex-convict by his passport he tries to set out for a new life. After being rejected several times a man finally opens up his door and invites Jean Valjean inside. Surprisingly the man...
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Hard Life Make Money
404 wordsCan we really say we know what a hard life is? The character Fantine in Les Miserables definitely had a hard life, with no breaks. She had a daughter who she adored and never got to see. She worked most of her life and always lived in poverty. Death came upon Fantine while she was in the hospital wishing only to see her child. First, working, for anyone is no easy task. It's especially hard when you have a child. Fantine felt very bad that she couldn't give her baby daughter, Cosette, everything...
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Jean Valjean Turning Point
906 wordsVictor Hugo made it so that the characters in Les Miserables progressed throughout the novel. The theme progress can be seen and used widely. Three main characters, Jean Valjean, Cossette, and Javert expressed positive and negative forms of growth. Jean Valjean began the story as an ex-convict who was searching for food and shelter after working in the galleys for sixteen years. Unfortunately, he failed to receive compassion from any lodging, or home. While he was wandering through the streets a...
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Jean Valjean Les Miserables
1,005 wordsLes Les Miserables t Les Miserables Les Miserables is one of the most captivating plays of our lifetime! It grabs the audience and pulls you in head first. You cant take out eyes off of the stage, and even if you can, the music will take your breath away! I have seen the play 3 times and I dont think I enjoy anything in this world more than watching that play! Les Miserables starts off on a chain gang in France. The sheriff comes out and gives one of the convicts his release papers. This convict...
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Walks Of Life Homeless People
537 wordsHave you ever realized how lucky you really are when you are driving under a bridge or in poor part of town and you see a homeless person begging for work or food, or do you just drive by and act as though you never saw the horrible site and go on about your buisness? Just like in the book " Les Miserables" Fantine becomes homeless to take care of her daughter, who she gae to the Thenardiers, for what she thought was a better life. Everywhere you go, everywhere you look, there is alway...
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Good And Evil Victor Hugo
835 wordsHow Society Effects Human Nature (Examples From How Society Effects Human Nature (Examples From Victor Hugo's Les Miserables) How Society Affects Human Nature In Les Miserables, Victor Hugo portrays human nature in a neutral state. Humans are born with neither good nor bad instincts, but rather society affects our actions and thoughts. Hugo portrays the neutral state of mind through Jean Valjean and Cosette. The two extremes of good and evil are represented through Th napier and the bishop. Good...
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Hard Life Make Money
403 wordsCan we really say we know what a hard life is? The character Fantine in Les Miserables definitely had a hard life, with no breaks. She had a daughter who she adored and never got to see. She worked most of her life and always lived in poverty. Death came upon Fantine while she was in the hospital wishing only to see her child. First, working, for anyone is no easy task. Its especially hard when you have a child. Fantine felt very bad that she couldnt give her baby daughter, Cosette, everything s...
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Les Miserables Victor Hugo
420 wordsLes Miserables Victor Hugo had a significant way of making every single character in this story unique. The rich, the poor, the lonely, the elderly, the beautiful, and the powerful, were all bound together by the main character, Jean Valjean. Try to remember when you were just an innocent child getting in trouble for something insignificant. Of course, every child would run away from his or her punishment. The main character in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables lived his whole life running away from ...
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Jean Valjean Les Miserables
318 wordsLes Miserables, written by Victor Hugo in 1862 is a wonderful story of life in France in the nineteenth century. This novel shows how people have to struggle to be a part of the society. Les Miserables reveals the cruelty in France society's pressure on the poor, the outcast, and the criminal. The main character, Jean Valjean, was released from prison and walked to thirty-five miles to a small town by the name of D. While he was there he decided to find an Inn to get some food and some sleep. Be...
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Good And Evil Jean Valjean
812 wordsIn Les Miserables, Victor Hugo portrays human nature in a neutral state. Humans are born with neither good nor bad instincts, but rather society affects our actions and thoughts. Hugo portrays the neutral state of mind through Jean Valjean and Cosette. The two extremes of good and evil are represented through Th napier and the bishop. Good and evil coexists in the society and affects Valjean and Cosette. It is the two extremes of good and evil that dictate the lives of Valjean and Cosette. The b...
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Les Miserables Victor Hugo
566 wordsLes Miserables, by Victor Hugo, starts out with Valjean saying how he is 19 years old and a thief. The novel goes through his whole life. It explains the many conflicts he faces. But mainly it shows how he tries to escape his past during the French Revolution. Valjean was not a very wealthy man. He stole a piece of bread because he was hungry. He got tried and committed as if he had done a major crime and served 5 years in prison. He ended up doing 19 years of hard labor because he had tried to ...
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Les Mis Victor Hugo
1,213 wordsLes Miserables: One of the Greatest Works of Literature Les Mis? rates was written by Victor Hugo, and published in 1862. It has been translated into many different languages, and turned into a play and movie as when as being a book. When a friend asked Hugo why he wrote the book he replied as follows, I condemn slavery, I banish poverty, I teach ignorance, I treat disease, I lighten the night, and I hate hatred. That is what I am, and that is why I have written Les Mis? rates. The book Les Mis?...
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