Jean Valjean Quotes
1. Jean Valjean
a. Jean Valjean represents change, cleverness, innovation, and a toughened peasant (before being mayor) whom society rejected due to his criminal history. He represents change because he used the silver that he stole/was given to become an honest business owner and mayor. His cleverness and innovation allowed him to do this. He invented a new way to make many things, and started a factory that employed many poor people. He was rejected in the city of D_______ by the mayor and the innkeeper. When he arrived in the other town, he didn’t show his passport, therefore giving him a blank slate with the town.
2. Javert
a. Javert is a man who is strict, unforgiving, and law abiding to the utmost respect. Javert hates his parents because …show more content…
Fantine has pure love for her daughter, Cosette, and will do anything for her. This is shown many times, like when she cuts her hair, or has her teeth taken out. Through all her trials, her only thought is supporting Cosette. And thought the Thénardiers demand exorbitant amounts of money, she pays fully and willingly. At one point, she sacrifices her living conditions (furniture and apartment) for Cosette. When she had a job, she was an honest woman, but when fired, became the opposite out of necessity to provide for Cosette.
4. Thénardiers
a. The Thénardiers are merciless people who do all they can to extract money from Fantine, while treating Cosette terribly; making her do work, under-feeding her, and treating her like an animal that has no feelings. The Thénardiers are wealthy from the in keeping business, and they definitely have more money than Fantine, and yet they have no compassion. For her situation. They continue to take money from Fantine until she passes away, then they keep Cosette so they don’t have to hire another servant.
5. Cosette
a. Cosette lives a terrible life, but maintains a great attitude all the way through. She yearns for someone to love her, and dreams about being truly happy. She is careful to do things right, and knows there is no way to get out of working. She doesn’t remember Fantine, and as far as the book tells, the Thénardiers have never told her about Fantine. She is surrounded by negativity, though she never adopts the Thénardiers
a. Jean Valjean represents change, cleverness, innovation, and a toughened peasant (before being mayor) whom society rejected due to his criminal history. He represents change because he used the silver that he stole/was given to become an honest business owner and mayor. His cleverness and innovation allowed him to do this. He invented a new way to make many things, and started a factory that employed many poor people. He was rejected in the city of D_______ by the mayor and the innkeeper. When he arrived in the other town, he didn’t show his passport, therefore giving him a blank slate with the town.
2. Javert
a. Javert is a man who is strict, unforgiving, and law abiding to the utmost respect. Javert hates his parents because …show more content…
Fantine has pure love for her daughter, Cosette, and will do anything for her. This is shown many times, like when she cuts her hair, or has her teeth taken out. Through all her trials, her only thought is supporting Cosette. And thought the Thénardiers demand exorbitant amounts of money, she pays fully and willingly. At one point, she sacrifices her living conditions (furniture and apartment) for Cosette. When she had a job, she was an honest woman, but when fired, became the opposite out of necessity to provide for Cosette.
4. Thénardiers
a. The Thénardiers are merciless people who do all they can to extract money from Fantine, while treating Cosette terribly; making her do work, under-feeding her, and treating her like an animal that has no feelings. The Thénardiers are wealthy from the in keeping business, and they definitely have more money than Fantine, and yet they have no compassion. For her situation. They continue to take money from Fantine until she passes away, then they keep Cosette so they don’t have to hire another servant.
5. Cosette
a. Cosette lives a terrible life, but maintains a great attitude all the way through. She yearns for someone to love her, and dreams about being truly happy. She is careful to do things right, and knows there is no way to get out of working. She doesn’t remember Fantine, and as far as the book tells, the Thénardiers have never told her about Fantine. She is surrounded by negativity, though she never adopts the Thénardiers