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Back Into Society Jean Valjean
636 wordsDuring the 19 th century the treatment of both convicts and ex-convicts was in most peoples eyes inhumane. A convict would be worked for long hours without food. Many ex-convicts were never fully re-accepted back into society due to their past as a convict. If an ex-convict managed to keep his past a secret and make a new life for himself, if and when the ex-con revealed his past he was once again excluded and not considered a part of society. When Jean Valjean is finally released from the galle...
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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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Les Miserables Theme Forgiveness Self Sacrifice And Courage
997 wordsIt is precisely of him that I wished to speak. Dispose of me as you please; but help me first to carry him home. I only ask that of you. Upon examination of Les Miserables, it is clearly evident that the elements of Forgiveness, Self Sacrifice, and Courage are only a few of the main themes Hugo wanted to develop. First off, is the element of forgiveness. In a book of mistrust, poverty, and hate forgiveness thrives in the world of Les Miserables. The first example of this was at the very beginnin...
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Jean Valjean Victor Hugo
1,198 wordsGod has graced mankind with countless attributes that can be portrayed as minor or major roles in ones daily walk. Among these features are ambition and hope. Ambition, defined as an eagerness or strong desire to achieve something, relates significantly to motivation, an act of movement toward a goal. Hope, a confidence and trust that something will take place, is extensively used when ambition and motivation are of topic. Victor Hugo, a French novelist during the eight-hundreds, adeptly and cle...
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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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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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Jean Valjean Les Miserables
479 wordsIn Les Miserables Les Miserables In Victor Hugo s Les Miserables Jean Valjean goes through many difficult struggles and finds the much needed influence to help him. There are three characters who influence Jean: Bishop Bienvenu, Cosette, and Bishop Bienvenu s influence on Jean is similar to that of a father s influence on his son. Bishop Bienvenu s influence is critical to the start of Jean s life after prison. The Bishop was the only person that would shelter Jean for that long first night. Dur...
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