Imagine getting put in jail for nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread. This is what Jean Valjean had to experience. Jean Valjean, the main character of Tom Hooper’s drama Les Miserables, gets out of prison, where he was put for stealing a loaf of bread, at the beginning of the movie. After being told that he’d be let out of jail, his dreams of living a normal life were utterly shattered within a couple seconds. This happened because Javert gave him a slip of paper marking him as a ‘dangerous’ man. He also told him he’d need to meet with a parole officer frequently. Then Valjean steals candlesticks and is let off the hook, after which he rips up the letter and breaks parole, and after five years, he becomes the mayor of the town where Javert is an inspector. After witnessing the mayor’s incredible strength, Javert begins to suspect Valjean. Valjean promises to himself that he’ll look after Fantine. This eventually leads to Javert asking Paris to investigate whether or not the mayor is Valjean. After Paris tells him that he is not, Javert confesses to Valjean. When another man is convicted of being Jean Valjean, however, Valjean confesses. After this, he goes to help Fantine, and Javert shows up. Valjean tells …show more content…
This is because at first he stole a candlestick from someone who had just taken him in when no one else would. Later in Les Miserables, Valjean gave up his life to save a completely unknown to him man who was innocent. This all shows the immense change that Jean Valjean underwent as a person. This is an important thing because when people watch this movie, they will be inspired to change their own selfish ways. If Jean Valjean can become good, why can’t they? If enough people watched this movie, it could have an enormous societal impact, making more people that are evil in some way to change that about themselves, and become
Although the movie does seem to want to get a point across about racism being relevant even in mainly black neighborhoods, it mostly furthers society’s institutionalized racist thoughts towards the black
Jacques lives in slums where he spends most of his time drinking clairin, which is a form of alcohol made from sugarcane. He does this with his friends Andre and Simon. He describes life as a wasteland filled with bodies all over. None of the characters of Anger survives, however they all hope for a better future. In this situation, death is viewed as the only way out from the misery they are facing.
It does however provide the audience with a view of the hardworking individuals of the west. The movie emphasized and glorified doing the right thing. That was also the theme of good versus evil. Some of the larger values expressed in the movie are honor, honesty,
Say that a man is caught using drugs. Police are notified and he is sent to prison. On one end, yes, he will go to jail and take a few free years out of his life. But, he will be put into rehab and will be taught to quit using the drugs that he once depended on. Which will, in the end, add years onto his life.
Graciously, Huckleberry helps the men escape the mob by giving them directions to the raft and Jim. Shortly after the men come aboard the raft, the younger of the two men reveals the truth of his identity as the Duke of Bridgewater. While the duke tells his sad tale of being snubbed, Huckleberry’s and Jim’s hearts fill with sympathy. Hoping to console the duke, Huck and Jim decide to answer the duke’s every wish. Later on, the older of the two strange men claims he is the true King of France.
Not every movie, book, and show is trying to make you a bad person. Take the show ‘rick and morty’. It's a sci fi dark comedy, where an alcoholic genius and his dim grandson go on crazy adventures. But the show explores the struggle we have to find ‘meaning’ in our lives. The shows scale is incomprehensible.
The Greatest Canadian - Jean Vanier A true hero is a leader who is compassionate and committed to making a difference. These are a few characteristics that Jean Vanier acquire. On 1964, Canada’s, Jean Vanier established L’Arche community, in Paris, which made him a beneficial inspiration to the world. Vanier contributed to the Canadian society from 1942 to this day, various times.
He was a cruel man that only cared about his reputation, Miller states, “ he cut a villainous path, and there is very little good to be said for him”(Miller 1).Miller shows the audience; from the beginning, who the villain is in the story .Paris was afraid that people in the village would find out that his own family was doing witchcraft. He says, “ in the midst of such disruption, my own household is discovered to be the very center of some obscene practice” (Miller
Maybe this movie can change your mind about what you
In our opinion this is a selfless action to provide safety for him and Cosette. During the time that he wants to move to England, a few things happened. Someone had scratched an address on the wall, Jean Valjean did not know that Marius was the one doing it and thought someone had violated his garden. ‘’At all events, it was evident that the garden had been violated, and that some persons unknown had penetrated into it.’’ (Hugo 273)
The uniqueness that this movie provides is that we can actually see the aggressors and how they act when talking about the events that took place and it gives the aggressors a way to show the world how they felt and how their actions were affect their
Huckleberry meets Jim, a runaway slave, after he escapes his abusive father to live on his own. As Jim and Huck make their way down the Mississippi river to Jim’s freedom, Huckleberry struggles with two contrasting voices in his head. He knows that he is going against his society’s morals by helping a slave run away, but in the back of his mind he also knows that it would be wrong to turn Jim in. Huck debates the issue and tells himself “All right, then, I’ll go to hell” (228) when he decides to not turn Jim in. Huck’s conclusion that he will go to hell when he is actually doing the ethical thing by helping Jim, presents the hypocrisy in society’s religious assumptions.
1. Who really killed Chung Ga? Ah San killed Chung Ga had done all the killing by stabbing Chung Ga. 2. Cite direct evidence explaining why Ah Cho believes that five people cannot be charged with the crime and that he will be found innocent.
Paris tries to show his love and devotion to Juliet
This essay will examine the historical accuracy of the film Les Miserables in terms of the social, economic and political conditions in French society post French Revolution. The film Les Miserables depicts an extremely interesting time in French history (from about 1815-1832.) Even though the story line does not depict every detail and event that occurred during the time period as well as the fact that some aspects are dramatized for entertainment purposes, the film effectively spans thirty years of economic, political and social aspects of French Society. However it also manages to bring in references to the past, the French Revolution (1789-1799) and the impact it had on the society portrayed in the film.