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Reflection Of Les Miserables Movie

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The world renown classic novel, Les Miserables, written by Victor Hugo was adapted into a brilliant and masterful film through Columbia Pictures. The film was directed by Billie August, and sincerely brought to life through the actors, Liam Neeson who plays Jean Valjean and Geoffrey Rush who plays Javert. This film challenges you to look deeper than the surface, to see how things differentiate from the beginning of the movie towards the end. The characters change due to instances that have strongly affected their outlook on life. Jean Valjean was not the same man he was in prison shortly after he was released. We see a major conflict between Valjean and Javert, my opinion is because Javert still views him as a criminal instead of a changed man. This movie projects, how important Javert’s job is to him, he commits his whole life to the law and honesty; he never veers of the path of truth which will cause problems between the two characters.

Jean Valjean had spent 19 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread and became a convict. He did not seem to value or appreciate life and the grace he was given when released from prison. Having nowhere to go after being released and on parole, he ended up staying with a bishop named Myriel. He chose to do what got him in prison, and steal the bishop’s most valuable silver. The police shortly caught up to him and were ready to return him to prison, but Myriel had said he gave it to him. When the bishop, Myriel, gave him mercy after

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