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    forgave Jean Valjean for stealing his silver‚ so that he could have another chance at life. Secondly‚ sacrifice is shown by Jean Valjean in many events through out the novel‚ but the most surprising is when he saves his taken-in daughter’s lover’s life. This is surprising because he feared of losing Cosette‚ his daughter to her lover. Lastly‚ courage is shown by Valjean when most others wouldn’t care to help or assist. For example when a man gets stuck on a rope on top of a ship‚ Valjean is the only

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    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 have a better life. Jean Valjean is an ex-convict who

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    as the story did not revolve around one setting‚ place‚ or one character such Jean Valjean (Prisoner 24601)‚ Marius Pontmercy‚ or even Cosette. The film showed an equal importance to the majority of the characters as each of the characters of Jean Valjean (Prisoner 24601)‚ Javert‚ Frantine‚ Marius‚ and Cosette were highlighted in the film. It showed intense not just the poverty and struggles of the lives of Jean Valjean‚ Fantine‚ and Cossette who were abused‚ used‚ cheated‚ wronged and taken advantage

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    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 them. Light might peak through but not for long‚ their lives either end content or unfinished and too early. Jean Valjean is the creation of the society he lived in‚ both in terms of the suffering that led to him stealing

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    production‚ and on the big screen in 2012. The story centers around Jean Valjean‚ a man who spent nineteen years in prison for stealing bread for his sister and her family who were starving; Fantine‚ an unwed working-class mother who has traveled to Paris after leaving her daughter in the care of unscrupulous innkeepers‚ so that Fantine can earn enough money to provide for her daughter; Cosette‚ Fantine’s daughter‚ who goes to live with Valjean after her mother dies; and Javert‚ a police inspector who believes

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    Hugo goes into details about the obscene monstrosities of destitution in order to unveil the execrable environment‚ while bequeathing optimism to those who venture for virtue. Major character‚ Jean Valjean‚ falls victim to the tainted legal system and their corrupt‚ atrocious ways. When released‚ Valjean becomes ecstatic thinking about freedom‚ until he realizes that even though he was released from prison‚ he will never be free: “He had believed in a new life. He soon saw what sort of liberty that

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    character of Jean Valjean and on how did he surpass the problems that he encountered. The character of Jean Valjean is influenced and linked with other characters whose lives become intertwined. Jean Valjean was an honest man who committed a minor crime of stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family.His criminal records led him to have a hard time finding employment‚ lodgings and place in the society. Despite of these hardships he met the Bishop of Digne who showed kindness to him. Valjean felt worthless

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    thoughts. Hugo portrays the neutral state of mind through Jean Valjean and Cosette. The two extremes of good and evil are represented through Thénardier 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 bishop represents charity and love. Everything he’s ever had‚ he gave to charity. When the bishop first met Valjean‚ he said‚ "You need not tell me who you are. This is not

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    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

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    found in the character himself‚ Jean Valjean. For instance Jean Valjean in the text is a criminal and is also a criminal in the movie as well. In the movie clip it states that Jean Valjean is a criminal and was punished for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister’s family. In the book it also states that Jean Valjean stole a loaf of bread and was punished for his actions by being sentenced to what first started out as a five year trial and was lengthened by Valjean himself for trying to escape more

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