Les Mesreables

In Les Misrebales, by Victor Hugo, the character Jean Valjean, an ex-convict; raises a little girl, whose mother died at a young age, until he dies. Marius, a poor law student, is in search for Cosette, and his grandfather will not help him. This helps support the theme of society’s structure turns good people into beggars and criminals.
First this quote, that was said by the narrator, when Jean Valjean just escapes from Javert. “Jean Valjean had the peculiarity, that he might be said to have two knapsacks; in one hand the thoughts of a saint, in the other the formidable talents of a convict.” This shows that Jean has two different personalities, or sides, to him; the good, and the bad. “The thoughts of a saint” is saying that he is good and righteous in thought. “Saint” is used to portray the image of a holy, spiritual person. Next, “Formidable talents of a convict” allows the reader to believe that he has been in prison. “Convict” is a word that is attached to...