is the true rationalist because he believes the law is the highest authority‚ sees Jean Valjean as purely evil‚ and because he wholeheartedly believes in the infallibility of the law. Javert believes the law is the highest authority throughout Les Miserables. When his character is first described‚ Hugo states "It will be easily understood that Javert was the terror of all that class which the annual statistics of the Minister of Justice include under the heading: People without a fixed abode" (57)
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Love encourages people to sacrifice important things in their lives for others. Love can destroy or improve ones’ life. It once happen to a little country girl in the early days. Love totally changed her life both destroying it and improving it. This girl’s name was Kat and she was the mayor’s daughter who was advised by her father to marry a guy named Bruce. Bruce was kind of a nice guy‚ really successful‚ but very serious and
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between Rama and Sita in the story "The Ramayana of Valmiki"‚ duty is worth the sacrificing of love‚ because his duty is fulfilled to maintain order within the society and above all‚ order is needed for a society to run well. Rama‚ as a king‚ had the duty to create and maintain this order‚ and to do so‚ he was to rule wisely and be responsible to the people of his kingdom. The conflict of duty and love surfaced when people started criticizing Rama’s decision on bringing Sita back to the kingdom
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Does true love really exist or is it just a fantasy chased by many idealists? The question should be asked‚ what is love? Love can be categorised into the following four categories‚ namely: “Filios” which is love for your family‚ “Storge’ ” which is love for your friends‚ “Eros” which is a romantic love between two persons‚ and “Agape’ ” which is love for your God. Many people think they have discovered true love and in the end they are disappointed in hatred. Very few people go through life
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Honors English 9 21 October 2013 The Sacrifices for Love: Forbidden Love in Romeo and Juliet Have you ever felt love so strong that you would do literally anything and everything for that person? William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a perfect example of that. Romeo and Juliet can be considered one of the most stereotypical love stories in the English language‚ but it portrays only a very specific type of love: young‚ irrational‚ and passionate love. The love that Romeo and Juliet have for one
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In the story‚ The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ sacrifice runs through almost every character. One specific person who portrays this kind of trait towards the end of the book is DImmesdale. He sacrifices the sin he created with Hester and his placement with everyone else when he finally exposes the “A” for all to see. Dimmesdale is fond of Hester‚ but he could never share the sin he committed. No one can find out. People who are selfish never realize the impact they make on other’s lives
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something of value or someone is identified as a sacrifice. Giving up possessions or even your life is extremely unfathomable‚ but in throughout Fahrenheit 451 Montag makes it seem extremely facile. When you find something that is of greater value to you than what you already have‚ then it would make it easier to sacrifice. Montag‚ in this novel‚ find the value of books and reading materials to be of more value than his life‚ in others words he sacrifices his life for books. Over all these years of
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The novel that I have chosen to portray the theme of family love is “Step by Wicked Step” by AnneFine. This novel is regarding five British school children from Stagfire who shared their joys‚ sorrows and anxieties of their family life. It all begin when they arrived ahead of their classmates for a week-long field trip at "haunted’ Old Harwick Hall. In the stormy wild night‚ Claudia‚ Pixie‚ Robbo‚ Ralph and Colin find a long-abandoned secret room containing a mysterious journal with the aid of flashes
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October 2011 Does “Love” Really Needs “Sacrifice” Will everything be pallid in front of love? Everyone has the scale to judge‚ and only yourself will know what is the most important for you. Related to love‚ there is always no right answer. Someone’s loving behavior or idea may seems very strange (283); however‚ no one can claim that he or she really understand anything involved in love. Love‚ the torch of Hymen‚ is always the eternal topic of diversity and controversy. What is love? Most people believe
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The Ways Jean Valjean both Helps and Hinders Cosette in Les Miserables In the 19th century of France most of the children were poor orphans because parents could not provide for their children. Usually they would throw the boys on the streets but keep the girls because they could make profit off of them. However‚ some orphans like Cosette as portrayed in Les Miserables found someone who would love and care for them. Upon careful research this paper will show not only how Jean Valjean helped Cosette
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