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    Les Miserables at its most basic is the story of Jean Valjean. He lived with his sister and her family in extreme poverty in France after the French Revolution. In one act of desperation he broke a window and stole a loaf of bread. His sentence was lengthened by multiple escape attempts until he was finally released 19 years later. His hardness and bitterness increased by the response he got when he was required to show his papers at each new town he visited‚ resulting in lower pay and refusal of

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    Les Misérables: Critique of a Servant-Leader Stacey L. Jones Gonzaga University – ORGL530‚ Section B1 – Servant Leadership [Spring 2013] April 20‚ 2013 Introduction The story of Les Misérables has been told many times and in many ways‚ including a novel by Victor Hugo‚ the Broadway production‚ and on the big screen in 2012. The story centers around Jean Valjean‚ a man who spent nineteen years in prison for stealing bread for his sister and her family who were starving; Fantine‚ an unwed

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    Written by Victor Hugo after the French Revolution‚ Les Misérables is a story that examines the many levels of social injustice in nineteenth-century France. Its protagonist‚ Jean Valjean‚ is central to the understanding of this injustice. Sentenced to 19 years in prison for committing a petty crime‚ Valjean comes to observe the law as an arbitrary force lacking in compassion and equality. However‚ Valjean’s view is fanatically contradicted by Inspector Javert‚ a man whose commitment to the law

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    A REACTION PAPER OF THE MOVIE LES MISERABLES St. Thomas Aquinas once said‚ “It is not theft‚ properly speaking‚ to take secretly and use another’s property in a case of extreme need: because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need.” This quotation is really applicable to the life of the life main character who is Jean Valjean. Though stealing is an erroneous act but he extremely needs it and by this reason he may be free from sin. Remember

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    Javert became suspicious of Monsieur Madeline when he lifts a cart of a man‚ and is justified in his suspicions. Javert said‚ "Monsieur Mayor six weeks ago after that scene about that girl‚ i was enraged and denounced you" The remarkable feat of strength that Madeline preformed caught Javert’s attention. Javert associated the strength with that of a convict and became suspicious. "I believed it‚ for a long while i had had suspicions." Javert’s suspicions are justified because it was indeed Madeline

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    Les Misérables (Reaction Paper) Les Misérables (the musical) in my opinion is one of the best musical renditions in the world. Whether it’d be in the theatre or on the big screen‚ Les Misérables‚ never cease to deliver such a heartfelt act. A few weeks ago‚ I was given the chance to watch the recent Les Misérables musical in the movies (starring Hugh Jackman‚ Anne Hathaway‚ Russell Crowe‚ and Amanda Seyfried) and I enjoyed it. Im a person who loves music. I most definitely love musicals! The

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    place. Through mercy we can improve not only ourselves but the lives of the people around us. Showing mercy does not just involve compassion towards others‚ but also involves showing forgiveness. Forgiveness is a key part of giving second chances‚ and plays a major part in Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. In Les Miserables‚ the ex-convict Jean Valjean is released from prison and spends one of his first nights of freedom in the house of a kind bishop. When leaving‚ Jean Valjean steals some of the bishop’s

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    Orphaned children need as much love and help as possible from a guardian to live a good life. That is exactly what Val jean does during the story of Les Miserables. As the mother of Cosette passes away‚ Val jean makes a promise that he will protect and love her daughter as he raises her. Val jean goes through many challenges and risks his own life to make sure that Cosette lives a safe life. Toward the end of the story his ability to keep her safe is tested as she meets a young man who revolutionizes

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    Despite Macbeth’s honest beginning‚ he later on becomes a reckless and independent individual. Thus‚ he does this by committing acts that disagree with his initial morals. He executes these terrible acts in order to display dominance over others due to his lack of control over his ambitious motives. In the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth is portrayed as a man of virtue who disregards his wife’s evil intentions‚ but‚ as time goes on‚ Macbeth puts his morals aside and accepts a darker side as he considers

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    American lawyer and political leader‚ Robert Green Ingersoll‚ once said that “kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.” In book one‚ “Fantine‚” in the novel Les Miserables‚ author Victor Hugo uses the helpless and beast-like character of Jean Valjean to demonstrate that when an individual‚ at his lowest point of being‚ is exposed to kindness‚ he may rise up and become virtuous‚ so that he may help others achieve this virtue in return. A helpless individual in the midst of a radically unequal

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