Ideas Of Jean Valjean's Differences: Inspector Javers

He says we should think about how people really are in a given society and then determining what would be the best is the right way to go about it. He believes that this will help if we think about how people are in a given society because we are more selfish then we think. We need to look at what human beings are actually like. “By showing a moral code like this is would not reject entitlements in favor of the greater moral evil rule (Famine Relief and the Ideal Moral code pg. 823)”. Which helps his argument on entitlement. We are entitled to what we do with our body, our right to life, our life to property, and our negative and positive rights, which in his view cannot be

“The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better,” stated John Dewey. Always trying to do the right thing and move on from past mistakes will allow people to see how you are trying to improve yourself; Reverend Hale is not always seen making morally correct choices, but he tries to distinguish the right path for him and the people of Salem. Reverend Hale, a morally ambiguous character, tries to prove that witchcraft is taking place in Salem and makes an effort to try and get those accused back to God; Hale tries to convince those accused to confess to witchcraft, to prevent them from being hanged.

What defines good and evil? Where is the line drawn? Everyone is a sinner. We all make mistakes, but will we let those mistakes define us? Humans are a broken species, that can’t help but sin. No one’s perfect. The people of Salem were Puritans, yet they sinned constantly as well. John Proctor was a good, honest, upstanding member of the community. Yes, he made a mistake, but he admitted he was wrong, and refused to make that mistake again. John fought for what was right, and didn’t give in to the pressure to lie to save his life. John Proctor was a martyr, who gave his life out of integrity, and to show the people how wrong the trials were.

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Reverend Hale is a prominent example of differing views on good and evil. Reverend Hale is a man summoned to Salem to look for signs of witchcraft. He is a character with good intentions with devotion to his job and truly believed he was doing God’s work. However, characters such as John Proctor deemed Reverend Hale as evil because, according to his beliefs, the court is condemning innocent people. On the other hand, Hale believes he is fulfilling his service to God by ridding Salem of evil witches. He shows his beliefs as he talks to Judge Danforth, saying that “I am a minister of the Lord, and I dare not take a life without there be a proof so immaculate no slightest qualm of conscience may doubt it” (Act III). Because Hale sees his work as righteous, he does not see his actions as evil. However, others may view his actions as evil, because the condemnation of innocent people is not moral. This demonstrates how one cannot deem a person as purely good or evil based on their actions. People all have their own beliefs of what is good and evil. One individual’s opinion of goodness may not be the same as that of someone else. Hale’s true intentions may not be fully understood even after he dies. Therefore, it would still be impossible to truly deem him good or evil after death because there would still be a misinterpretation of his

The book begins with the convict, Jean Valjean, being released from a French Prison. He has served nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread and subsequent escape attempts. He is set free, but only with his identification papers yellow. This marks him as criminal, and now in the new town, no one is willing to house him. In despair, Jean Valjean goes to the bishop M. Myriel. The kind man allows him to stay, but Jean Valjean repays him by stealing the bishop’s silverware then running for it.

How could the Misfit possibly understand the fine lines between good and evil if Desmond states that he (the Misfit) “wants to not only understand the mystery of evil but be justified in the face of it. He wants justice as well as knowledge, and also to be liberated rom his predicament.” If this is the case the Misfit cannot understand that what he is doing is evil because he has no clear image of what evil is. The claim that the Misfit is aware of his religious requirements to obtain salvation are accurate in terms that he believes that Jesus is the savior and that he has risen the dead when he says, “Jesus is the only one who has ever risen the dead”. Under this assumption it is presumed that the Misfit is also aware of his religious requirements to get into

All humans have different morals that change based on their environment and circumstance. Jean Valjean, in the novel Les Miserables(1961), changes from someone with confused morals to a man with more morals than most whom with respect learns to love and share.

During his eight years in hiding, Valjean became a wealthy factory owner and the mayor of a town called Montreuil-sur-Mer. A worker in Valjean’s factory named Fantine, has her secret of sending money to the Thénardiers, the caretakers of her child, Cosette, exposed, and is fired from her job. Fantine, left with no other options, resorts to prostitution to support Cosette. During an altercation with an abusive customer, now police inspector, Javert, arrests Fantine, but Valjean stops him, and takes Fantine to a hospital where she is diagnosed with a terminal case of tuberculosis. While at the hospital, Valjean learns that a man suspected to be the missing prisoner himself, is put on trial for a crime he

Throughout the play John Hale has many times where his beliefs change, but through all these changes he keeps a good heart and stays true to what he believes is right. He shows these qualities throughout the play through the importance he puts on the values of the truth and justice.

A statement he makes in his address is, “Absolute badness is absolute death” which can be perceived as if a person is doing bad or “evil” things he is going to go down a path of death, doom, and despair (Emerson 105). Which is true in the case of an unsaved person, but for a Christian if they happen to succumb and fall into evil temptations, God will forgive them so they can keep going on the path of goodness and mercy. But on the flip side of the spectrum when compared to his previous statement, he also says that “Benevolence is absolute and real” which can be taken as a person is completely filled with righteousness, honesty, and respect (Emerson 105). These two statements that he has made, makes it seem like his perception is that a person can either be evil or good, and that there is no in-between in his mindset. But these statements contradict another claim that he had made, which I used as an example earlier.

He says, “I found out that crime don’t matter. You can do one thing or you can do another… you’re going to forget what it was you done and just be punished for it” (460). In other words, The Misfit no longer believes that his crimes should receive a punishment. However, despite possessing the tendencies of a psychopathic criminal, his thoughts reflect a more philosophical and confused mindset. The Misfit reveals that he has been jailed for a crime he cannot remember, and that he has received an unfit punishment. He then wonders why “one is punished a heap and another ain’t punished at all” (461). The Misfit then deduces that God does not “watch” over humanity because too many innocent people experience unreasonable pain. As a result, he loses faith in God (his former job as a gospel singer indicates that he used to believe in the Christian religion); he no longer believes that life has a meaning since the concept of right and wrong do not truly exist in his

He believes freewill does not explain the bad things that happen in life. He originated his idea from the Christian thinker, Irenaeus. Irenaeus believed everyone is a blank slate and if people are not guided by some moral compass and are left by themselves, they will not make morally correct decisions. However, he does conclude that everyone has a leaning toward badness, but there is a potential to do good things.

He says, “I call myself The Misfit…because I cant make what all I done wrong fit what I gone through in punishment” (149). He believes that the punishment doesn't ‘fit’ his wrongdoings. One may say that The Misfit is all bad and immoral. After all, he did murder the family for no good reason.

He thought that every person had some good and bad in them. I have to say that I agree with William Blake about this. If there is a Heaven and a Hell, there is no way that it could be as simple

Redemption is at the heart of the novel, Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo, and is also a key part in relationships. Jean Valjean and his past crimes caught the attention of Javert, a police inspector. As Jean becomes more successful, Javert steps up his investigation. Javert is a law follower and will follow those laws, whether they are right or wrong. When Jean saves the life of Fauchelevent, from being crushed by a cart, his strength makes Javert wonder about his true identity.