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M. Gillenormand was a part of the bourgeois and a monarchist, and since he raised Marius, Gillenormand raised Marius as a monarchist. This also shows the political ideologies: Republican vs. Monarchist.

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M. Gillenormand is almost like shoving words and thoughts into Marius' mouth and mind. We don't know how Marius actually feels.

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We see that the grandfather was like setting up Marius to be just like them and to adapt all of his political beliefs.

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He was never truly attempting to save Ponmercy, he was just trying to take things from the dead. This reasoning really makes him a worse person.

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We learn that the ABC school don't support royalists and don't support Napoleon. We learn that Marius is conflicted between what he grew up learning and what he is learning now.

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he was actually just trying to rob them and not be a good person. he is still the same as he was put out to be

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The students in the ABC school are very Anti-Napoleon and want freedom and to not be under the rule of a king or emperor. It shows Marius is susceptible to ideological changes in the future.

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It's the one good thing he has done all his life and he clings to it to make himself seem better than be is

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His actions don't make sense with his character. He is a scammer that takes from other, and yet he saved someones life?

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It seems strange saved Marius father while trying to take money for jean valjean

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he saved Marius' father, but now he is not a good person. it is the only good thing he has done in his life to make him seem good.

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he saved Marius' father, but now he is not a good person. it is the only good thing he has done in his life to make him seem good.

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It's strange because Thenardier saved people in the war and was known as a hero, but in reality is a bad person. He uses his role in the war to make himself seem better than he actually is.

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The story from Marius' father about Thenardier paints him as if he is some good heroic savior, but in the story we know that he is a horrible and disgusting swindler

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he was a soldier and he fought honorably but he still does bad things and seems to have fallen from grace

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if Marius's father says he is such a good person, then why is he acting the way he is

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The Thenardiers are overly proud of him for being a part of the battle. Most people think he's a good person when he's really not.

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He does not seem like someone who would save the life of someone else, as he is sketchy and a scammer.

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Thernardier's involvement in the Battle of Waterloo portrays the Thernardiers as this heroic and brave, but when they appear in Les Mis., he appears cruel, evil, greedy, and abusive.

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Thenardier wasn't actually trying to save Marius' fathers life, he was just trying to steal from him but while he was stealing from him he had to pull him out from under a horse which saved him

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he was not actually save pontemercy, he was just robbing him of his material things.

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he was not actually save pontemercy, he was just robbing him of his material things.

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It shows how saving him was an accident and he just overall was looking for things to steal.

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Thenardier wasn't actually a soldier in the Battle of Waterloo, he just snuck onto the battlefield after it happened to steal from the dead.

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He never was a war hero he was a robber and took things from the dead. He didn't save anyone for the purpose of saving, he found someone alive when he was trying to rob him.

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Thenardier was actually just stealing from all the dead soldiers and didn't mean to save Pontmercy.

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It is clarified that Thenardier wasn't a war hero, he was stealing from the dead men and when he stole from Pontmercy, he doesn't realize that he was alive, and accidentally saved him.

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Thenardier was really just trying to rob Pontmercy, but he accidentally saves his life. Pontmercy does not know this.

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Thenardier didn't even try to save Pontmercy's life, he just wanted to steal from him. Thenardier is also not even a soldier.

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His grandfather coached him into saying and thinking what he wants him to say. Marius was brought up to think that there is only one way and those who don't think that way deserve what they get.

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the are ultra royalist and dispose napoleon and his father

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It is clarified that M. Gillenormand raised Marius in a rich family that had conservative ideologies. Their family is against Napoleon.

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MG is very opinionated, it's clarified that he was brought up to hate his father and hate everything his father stood for politically

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Marius was taught to hate his father and believe in the Monarchy, they were anti Napoleon.

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Marius is brainwashed by what his grandfather wanted, which was a monarchist rule. He is brought up to be against his father and Napoleon.

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This clip shows how cold and sad Marius's upbringing was. He was forced to agree with everything his grandfather said and he was never given the chance to form his own ideas.

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Most of the students at ABC School are republicans who want to be free, Marius is a Bonaparte and democrat. Marius does not like Kings, but he believes that Emperors like Napoleon Bonaparte could be great for the nation.

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They are pro-revolution and don't want to live under any kings. Maruis agrees with some of these ideas but not all of them.

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we learn that they are republican and they don't want to be pulled over by an emperor or a king and this helps characterize Marius because it helps us understand his ideologies and thoughts on things

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We learn that all the common people do not like Napoleon while Marius does like Napoleon.

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Marius supported napoleon, and all his friends want to live in a democracy. It shows how committed marius was to his father, since his father fought under napoleon.

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the people that he meets at the ABC are anti-royalists, and do not support the monarchy. he wants to further his fathers legacy, and does not know what to belive.

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the people that he meets at the ABC are anti-royalists, and do not support the monarchy. he wants to further his fathers legacy, and does not know what to belive.

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Most people are republicans, whereas Marius is a democrat who believes in Napoleon and how he ruled France.

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He has his own political views now and they are different from the rest of the group. Him and his group don't really fit together as friends.