Analysis Of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables

Cosette never experienced true love because the Thenardiers didn’t treat her with respect. When Valjean adopts her, he gets her schooling and gives her the love and compassion he never has been able to give to anyone. Valjean helps Cosette blossom into a beautiful, educated young woman.

Because it is discovered that she has an illegitimate child, she is fired so she does not influence the young girls she works with. The woman in charge of the factory quickly judge Fantine for making one mistake and label her a prostitute. Once her story gets out in the small town, she is unable to get a real job. Needing money to support herself and Cosette, she resorts to prostitution. When attacked, Javert arrests her and tells Valjean and Fantine that she is in the wrong. Javert believes that Fantine is always going to be a prostitute and should be put in prison.

Being truly happy means there is everything in life and nothing is missing, sometimes society can be influenced by other people idea of happiness and forget to question their own idea of happiness. Guy Montag is a Fireman in Fahrenheit 451 living in the year 2053 that burns books because in this dystopian future, books are dangerous towards knowledge. Montag has believed that he does not need books to obtain his knowledge and his life is complete because of what society tells him. One day coming from work Montag met his new neighbor Clarisse McClellan, an odd conversation is born as Clarisse explains to Montag how people in the past used to interact with each other and how books were the key to knowledge. As their conversation comes to an end Clarisse asks Montag, “Are you happy?” (Bradbury p7.8)

In his novel Hugo addresses the need for social reform and change in the crumbling and corrupt streets of French society. He specifically emphasizes improvement in education, the justice system, and the attitude of society towards women, and their political impact on French culture. Hugo does this particularly through Fantine, a woman who resorts to prostitution after being dismissed from her job as a factory worker; in addition to the existence of her illegitimate daughter, Cosette, her blemished reputation disables her from working in another reputable place. Because of Fantine’s shortage of an education and of society’s negative view of women abused by noble men, she is representative of the social injustices against women during this time. She’s illustrative of the gulf in France’s hierarchical system. Her condemnation to a life as a prostitute after being used by an aristocratic man highlights the social shortcomings present in the nobility’s attitude towards the lower classes, which continued to suffer. The misfortune that falls on Jean Valjean, an innocent man who only stole bread to help his dying sister, also represents the crookedness of France’s justice system. Valjean is likened to a habitual criminal and thrown in jail for nineteen years, an absurd sentence for only a loaf of bread. What’s worse is that he’s

Most people want to be happy. Happiness is what most consider to be the ultimate fulfillment in life. But what is happiness without knowing what sadness is? Can you truly be happy and appreciate life when all you know is good things? In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, everyone seems to be what they think is happy. Clarisse makes Montag question himself if he really is happy. She tells him that you can't feel happiness without beforehand knowing what unhappiness is. Mildred shows that people are empty inside in this society because they don't know real emotions and what it's like to feel them. Faber, Montag, and Clarisse represent how knowledge makes people more “real” and happy with life because it helps them realize what's important in life.

The extract is take from the novel Les miserables written by victor hugo in the nineteenth century. This was the time when art and literature was influenced by Romanticism movement. In this novel hugo has condemned the unjust class based structure of the nineteenth century France. This movement has an emphasis on individual’s freedom of thoughts and emotions from social conventions. They are more concerned with imagination rather than reason. The situation in this passage is idealized in literature of nineteenth century, however, real life aspect is quite differ from the imaginative world.

The Thenardiers hide the fact that Cosette’s mother sent money for her or even cared about her. On page 48, it is written that people would say, “What good people those Thenardiers are! They are not rich, and yet they bring up a poor child that has been left with them.” The Thenardiers were not good people, they deceived Fantine into thinking her daughter was well cared for and in truth she was made their slave while Fantine’s money was for used for Eponine and

The protagonist’s transformation begins when the bishop recognizes Jean Valjean’s human soul that is capable of goodness. When he is put out into the streets, Valjean goes from place to place being rejected for being a convict until he meets the bishop who sees him as a common person, “That men saw his mask, but the bishop saw his face”(75). Even though people might be good, they don’t always see someone’s true soul. The bishop’s simple act of kindness and deeper understanding

In Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables, it is stated on page 63 “It was the money they wanted. They gave the skirt to Eponine. The poor lark still shivered”. The Thenardiers are using Cosette to get money from Fantine, they only care about the money, not Cosette. Eponine is the Thenardiers favorite child, they favor her over everyone else, she gets all the nice clothes and dolls. Victor Hugo shows that the Thenardiers does not care about Cosette because they abuse her and make her do all of the chores. There is a very subtle version of Cinderella with the parents abusing and not caring for the poor child. In both situation the girls are forced to clean the house, get water, and do

In Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, Jean Valjean saves Cosette from the Thenardiers, just as I helped redeem a mistreated girl from her abusive parents. After the bishop inspires Jean Valjean with the notion of God’s redemption, the protagonist begins a series of redemptive acts, with the rescue of Cosette from the Thenardiers carrying the most weight of his own life. Circumstances force Fantine to leave Cosette with the Thenardiers. This reckless family forces Cosette to eat off of the ground like a dog, mop all their floors, and they treat her like a useless peasant. Jean Valjean rescues Cosette by paying Thenardier for her freedom.

Cosette is deprived of the love that she desires and deserves. She longs for love and instead receives the opposite. The Thenardiers do not care for Cosette and do not view her as their child, to them she is a servant girl. When Jean Valjean offers to take Cosette away from the Thenardiers, they reply, “Ah monsieur! My good monsieur! Take her, keep her, take her away, carry her off, sugar her, stuff her, drink her, eat her, and be blessed by the holy Virgin and all the saints in paradise!” (154). The Thenardiers want Cosette out of their house, and no longer want the responsibility of taking care of the “imbecile child” (147). It is a blessing to them that this traveler has come to take Cosette away forever. Because of Jean Valjean's good deed, Cosette's life can improve and she can finally experience the emotion of love she longs for. Although Jean Valjean offers Cosette all the love he is capable of giving, it is not enough to satisfy Cosette. She craves for a different, romantic love after she is introduced to Marius. Hugo,

Some people will do anything for those they love, no matter what the cost. In literature, this act of sacrifice is often exaggerated and glorified. Almost every novel contains some example of sacrifice, a giving up of something dear and precious without thought of material repayment. Victor Hugo’s novel, Les Misérables, is no exception. It is, in fact, full to overflowing of sacrifice between its different characters. Two such characters are Eponine and Jean Valjean, who each sacrifice an extraordinary amount to other characters.

Generally, authors compose books that go along with the morals of the audience. So many stories are written today with the typical love story, girl falls in love with guy or vice versa. Others are action packed with a climax and a predictable ending. Victor Hugo took a different stance while writing his book Les Miserables. Hugo's idea of action is presented through Jean Valjean who is held in prison for four years because he stole a loaf of bread. He includes unique love stories unlike the typical ones that we read about. Hugo's main purpose is to challenge people to consider their morals on forgiveness and love.

In his novel, Les Miserables, Victor Hugo identifies the principle social evils of French society through the actions and qualities of his characters. By depicting each of his characters’ struggles through destitute and oppressed measures, Hugo is able to identify the social errors of 19th century France. The fact that characters such as Valjean, Javert, Fantine, and Cosette, attempt to rise above poverty and redeem themselves indicate that such inequalities did, and still do, exist to this day. Through the use of feminist ideals and the criminal injustice system, Hugo attacks the principle social evils that each of his characters face in Les Miserables.

Les Miserables is a characteristic romantic work in both theme and form. In theme the novel assaults the traditional social structure, glorifies freedom of thought and spirit, and makes a hero of the average individual. In this novel the several characters were portrayed as heros. It follows the lives and interactions of several French