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Les Miserables Flaws
Claudia Lara Burke English 11 Nov. 27, 2009 Fatal Flaw In the film Les Miserables, Jean Valjean is a hero because he often sacrifices himself in order to be fair and to protect his loved ones. Valjean, a reformed convict, sacrifices himself and gives up his freedom after a long period of his life time hiding from Javert, because he would never let an injustice occur. Javert an inspector from the French police, has been trying to prove that Jean Valjean is a convict ever since the day he saw Valjean helped a man who was about to the crushed by wagon. He had a type of a flashback of Valjean back in prison. Javert was sure he was right,
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