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    Anthro 121AC December 2013 Jeans and The Blue Denim In Japan‚ people have kimono‚ in China‚ they have cheongsam as a long dress with a high collar and slit skirt that traditionally worn by Chinese women‚ and in USA‚ people have jeans as their fashion identity. Fundamentally‚ jeans can be described as blue denim and it is very functional‚ durable‚ and mainstream in the public. Every facet of American society has worn jeans since 160 years ago. The story of jeans started by Levis Strauss‚ and

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    reestablish their country. Strict laws with harsh penalties became the norm in France. Jean Valjean (a poor peasant) was sentenced to 10 years in the galley when he stole a loaf of bread to feed his family. In the movie Jean Valjean is known as an ex-convict‚ he was not respected by any one. When Jean Valjean got out of prison no one from around the town would let him sleep or eat at their house. Jean Valjean had great hardships because of being as an ex-convict‚ and he had to cover the scars from

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    Through Cosette‚ the Thenardier’s are shown as they beat and punish Cosette‚ their “slave”. Jean Valjean uses Cosette in a different way. He takes her in as his “daughter” and finds companionship through her. Cosette is loved and cared for. As Cosette’s character develops she is passed along from a pitiful mother who cannot support her; to the Thenardier’s who beat and starve her; then‚ to Jean Valjean who takes Cosette in where she becomes his everything. Fantine‚ desperately in love with a man

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    Jean Valjean spent nineteen years in prison‚ and for that whole time he fostered a hate for all the world. Hugo tells us that this prolonged hatred made him capable of two types of evil. Firstly‚ he could commit instinctual unpremeditated actions of evil. Secondly‚ he was also capable of deliberate‚ grave‚ premeditated evil (366). While Jean Valjean’s coping mechanism was not very healthy‚ it did offer Valjean stability‚ but all ballasts were thrown overboard when Valjean encountered the Bishop

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    Cosette and Jean Valjean undoubtedly represent the strongest parent-child relationship throughout the whole novel‚ and therefore‚ provides the clearest illustration of Hugo’s love theme. When Jean Valjean first “saw Cosette‚ when he had taken her‚ carried her away and rescued her‚ he felt his heart moved”(Hugo‚ 183). After the death of Cosette’s and finding the little girl in such poor condition‚ the white-haired man feels obliged to take care of the poor girl. Not much time goes by before Cosette

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    Class Conflict Between Characters In Les Miserables‚ by Victor Hugo many different themes and important lessons arise. Hugo goes into great depth and portrays the feelings people went through‚ during the revolution. Jean Valjean‚ a character convicted of stealing bread‚ goes from running away from Javert most of his life to being a changed man and taking in Cosette and raising her as his own. As he encounters this rebirth of his life‚ he tries to cover up his dark past. Through Eponine‚ who

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    * Nonconsequentialist-not based on or concerned with consequences.  * Jean Valjean embezzles some bread. He did not predict the consequences of embezzling and not embezzling. * Jean Valjean tried to escape from prison and wasn’t concern about what could happen. * Jean Valjean embezzle some silverware from the Bishop. After the Bishop took him in. * Fantine lies about her illegitimate child to get a job at the factory. Once they fought out she got fired. * Fantine joined a group

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    duty was to carry out the law which are examples of rule absolutes which offer no room for exceptions (Thiroux‚ Krasemann‚ 2012‚ p. 87). The Inspector becomes obsessed with the capture of Jean ValJean‚ a criminal who must be caught and brought to justice. The film begins with the story of a man‚ Jean ValJean‚ who is first introduced to the viewer in a prison setting‚ where later you find out he was imprisoned for theft. After serving nine-teen years of punishment in prison for his crime he is

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    There the bishop gave him food and let him sleep in a real bed. But desperately speaking‚ Valjean steal the bishop’s silver spoons‚ but in the book version‚ it was silver plates. When he was caught‚ the bishop gave him another two silver candlesticks‚ and let him go. The bishop believed him that he will become a good man‚ as he was said last night and Valjean promised that. So‚ after the incident‚ Valjean tried his best to become one. In the book version‚ he did his last temptation to do wrong;

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    analyzed. Jean Valjean‚ Fantine‚ the Bishop‚ and Inspector Javert are the characters for this study. Each character’s moral decision making will be examined. Using the consequentialist and nonconsequentialist theories discussed in the book Ethics: Theory and Practice‚ a particular theory will be matched to each character with supporting details. The main character‚ Jean Valjean‚ is a bitter paroled convict that served 19 years on a chain gang. At the beginning of the film‚ Valjean is taken in

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