Les Miserables
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In Hugo's novel , Hugo shows us the underlying theme through
many different symbols and quotations. For instance, when Jean Valjean stays
the night with the bishop Monseigneur Myriel, Valjean steals the bishop's
silver. The police catch him and bring him back to the bishop. The bishop
hands him ....
Middle of paper
.... inspiring quote, he moves on and sees the folly of his
ways when he takes the coin from Little Gervais. After this immediate change
becomes evident, Valjean is shown as a "Christ figure" through the rest of
the book. Other characters are changed but only toward the end of the book.
Thenardier is shown as an evil man throughout the book, but it is at the end
where he contributes to the apotheosis of the good; this is the law of life
as God planned it. Javert acts like a robot, decid ....
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