Friday, October 13, 2017



            I seen Les Miserables by watching the movie. The story took place in the area of Digne, Moving to the towns of Montfermeil and Montreuilsurmer. The second part of the book took place in Paris. I can’t tell what’s the climax of this story. There’s a lot of turning points, it  goes up and down, but overall I can see a message in this story. I can see that people deserve second chances. Everyone makes mistakes. People can do a bad things but then end up doing a million good things. I’m comparing this to Madeleine who changes his name to Jean after imprisonment. He once was a thief but change his ways becoming mayor helping people and taking care of them.
          Madeleine the main character in the story spent nineteen years in jail for stealing a loaf of bread to help feed his family and had attempt to escape but failed,  when he was finally released, his past effected his future because he couldn't find a job to save his life. Even the shelter refused for him to spend the night. The only person who gave him a chance was a saint bishop. Jean repays the only man who treated him good by stealing his silverware. He didn't even get away, he was caught quick. When the police brought him back, the bishop protects him by saying that the silverware was a gift. I found that surprising how the bishop was so  protective to a man who stole from him. 8 years later a young girl named Fantine with an a child gets fired from her job that happens to Jean valjean. Fatine needs money for her daughter’s holders.  Desperate Fantine turns to prostitution gets very sick and gets in some trouble then has to be arrested. Jean helps her out of that sticky situation and gets her care and help for her daughter
           A man has been arrested as Jean Valjean and is about to be pay for his crimes. Madeleine decides to confess his past. A few days later, he is arrested by Javert at Fantine's bedside. The shocking scene kills the young woman.Jean then excapes buys Cosette, Fantine’s infant daughter, from a abusive family who spoiled their own daughters and moves her place to place avoiding the man who’s after him. He gave Cosette safety and treating her like she was his own child. Cosette grows up meeting a man name Marius Pontmercy who has love her. Jean doesn’t like it and try’s to keep them apart. Then Jean had moved Cosette to England leaving Marius disappointed.
Jean also serve in the same war as Marius Pontmercy saving his life by bringing him though the sews in Paris. Later Jean is on his death bed and Marius is there with cosette realizing what he did for him and Jean dies in peace.
         My favorite character was Fantine. The reason I like her is because she wasn’t a lazy person. She was motivated to save her daughter, she even got all her hair cut off, teeth pulled out, and sold herself to get money to take care of her kid. Like I know prostitution is wrong. But she changed her whole life and became nothing just trying to do good for her child.
        The movie had a lot of singing, honestly I didn’t like the singing I didn’t think it was that good. It sounded like opera but not good opera, just sounded like people yelling at the top of there voice and saying words. The movie was interesting itself though, I like the theme of the play it was very intertaining

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