In any good novel‚ and even in life‚ people can be influenced in both positive and negative ways. In the three novels that we have read so far‚ Great Expectations‚ Lés Misérables‚ and Wuthering Heights‚ the main characters are faced with negative challenges and influences. Positive guides and influences also affect the characters in these books; the positive guides usually end up winning in the end. In Great Expectations‚ the main character of the story was Pip. Some of the negative influences
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In Girl With A Pearl Earring and Les Miserables‚ Griet and Cosette are mistreated by the higher class. Cosette is Fantine’s daughter who is given to the Thenardiers‚ a family of innkeepers‚ because Fantine knows she cannot take care of Cosette. While at the Thenardiers’s inn‚ Cosette is abused and forced to do extortionate tasks she is barely able to do‚ like fetch water in the dark with a bucket larger than her. She is given no mercy‚ because of the “fierce mistress and venomous master” she is being
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is the true rationalist because he believes the law is the highest authority‚ sees Jean Valjean as purely evil‚ and because he wholeheartedly believes in the infallibility of the law. Javert believes the law is the highest authority throughout Les Miserables. When his character is first described‚ Hugo states "It will be easily understood that Javert was the terror of all that class which the annual statistics of the Minister of Justice include under the heading: People without a fixed abode" (57)
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Prompt: In Victor Hugo’s novel‚ Les Miserables‚ consider the fortunes of Cosette‚ Jean Valjean‚ Javert‚ Marius‚ and Thenardiers and how they have developed. Further analyze the social injustices portrayed by Hugo‚ through their stories. In Victor Hugo’s novel‚ Les Miserables‚ there are many social injustices that are made evident through his writing. These social injustices are made clear through the stories of the main characters. Hugo presents these issues from a wide spectrum of perspectives
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The Ways Jean Valjean both Helps and Hinders Cosette in Les Miserables In the 19th century of France most of the children were poor orphans because parents could not provide for their children. Usually they would throw the boys on the streets but keep the girls because they could make profit off of them. However‚ some orphans like Cosette as portrayed in Les Miserables found someone who would love and care for them. Upon careful research this paper will show not only how Jean Valjean helped Cosette
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Tous les gens miserable (All the miserable people) It’s hard to say who’s happy in Les Miserables by Victor Hugo‚ but it’s not hard to point out the miserable. Even the title Les Miserables means “the miserable”‚ which is the theme of the novel. The lives that are most devastating in the town of M-sur-M would be Jean Valjean‚ Fantine‚ Cosette‚ and Eponine. These characters live everyday fighting to get through one-way or another‚ but it always seem there is a cloud of darkness and misery following
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January 11‚ 2010 English II All Encompassing Assignment Jean Valjean “He strained his eyes in the distance and called out . . . “Petit Gervais! . . .” His cries died away into the mist‚ without even awaking an echo. . . . his knees suddenly bent under him‚ as if an invisible power suddenly overwhelmed him with the weight of his bad conscience; he fell exhausted . . . and cried out‚ “What a wretch I am!” (page 43) Monsieur Madeleine “To remain in paradise and there become a
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Les Misérables Questions pgs. 295 – 408. St. Denis and the Idyl of the Rue Plumet 1. What becomes of Marius’ all-consuming passion on pg. 296? It leads from hope to hopelessness to despair. 1. Who is able to get out of his handcuffs and escape after his capture at Gorbeau House? Claquesous 1. Whom does Marius visit occasionally? Monsieur Mabeuf 1. Who waters Mabeuf’s garden and why is she there? Eponine; to find out where Marius lived 1. Describe the paradox of Eponine’s appearance on pgs
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Crime and Punishment Essay In the novel Les Miserables‚ by Victor Hugo‚ Jean Valjean is released from a French prison in the Galleys. He travels to a town and is rejected from any inn so he finds a bishop and he turns his life around. Years later he becomes M. Madeleine and becomes town mayor. He gives money and jobs and made the town a very prosperous town. He also promises Fantine that he will rescue her daughter‚ Cosette‚ from a cruel family that Fantine gave Cosette to so that Cosette could
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Character Analysis In the novel‚ Les Miserables‚ by Victor Hugo‚ the protagonist‚ Jean Valjean changes throughout the course of the novel from a contemptible‚ conniving ex-convict to an noble‚ compassionate‚ and heroic man. During his time in jail‚ Jean Valjean’s heart becomes corrupted; he realizes the world detests him for who he is. However‚ a bishop named Myriel shows him great kindness and compassion for him‚ which transforms him forever. In a small town‚ Montreuil-sur-mer‚ Valjean restores
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