Fantine is a working-class girl who leaves her hometown of Montreuil-sur-mer to find her fortune in Paris. She is the mother of Cosette, who later becomes Valjean adopted daughter. Fantine works all day every day to pay for Cosette medicine, but then she gets fired from her job because people found out that she had a bastard child. Now Fantine has no way to pay for her daughters’ medicine, so she has no choice to go into prostitution. When Fantine becomes a prostitute is when she becomes sick. The reason she becomes sick is three men shoved snow down her dress.
Javert a police inspector who strictly believes in the law, try’s to put Fantine in jail for no reason, but Valjean would not have it, he lets her free and starts to take care of her and sends money to care for he daughter Cosette. What Fatine, and Valjean does not know is the people that is taking care of Cosette is mean to her and treats her like a …show more content…
slave. After a few months pass and Fantine dies from being so sick. Now that Fantine is dead, Valjean wants to go get Cosette, so he can take care of her but he also has to be careful, because inspector Javert is after him.
After evading Javert , Valjean makes it to the peoples house that is supposed to be taking care of Cosette.
The man and woman were not wanting to give her to Valjean, they wanted to sell her to him, but act like they did not want money. What they did not know is that Valjean had a letter saying that he is Cosette new guardian signed by Fantine. From their Jean Valjean loves and cares for Cosette with all his heart. He is the only father figure she has ever really had in her life. The love that Valjean has for Cosette is so strong that he would do anything to protect her. This relationship between Valjean and his daughter Cosette is a unbreakable bond between a father and
daughter.