Themes on Les Miserables by Jose David Calix Solis https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2 Strongest themes are listed from 1-10 en-us 2017-10-23 01:34:13 UTC 2026-03-05 19:05:58 UTC hello@padlet.com 4.Tragedy josedavidcs https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199421934 “He has fallen backwards, the light from the candle sticks fell upon him: his white face looked up towards heaven, he let Cosette and Marius cover his hands with kisses: he was dead.” (Pg 399)


  • This shows tragedy since the main character dies after Marius finds out he was the one who saved him. This is a great example of tragedy since death, is obviously a way to show tragedy.
]]> 2017-10-23 01:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199421934 2. Pardon josedavidcs https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199422017 “Marius! Cried the old man. “Marius! My darling Marius! My child! My dear son!You are opening your eyes,you are looking at me, you are alive, thanks!”(Pg 334)


  • This shows forgiveness since we see that his grandfather, that did not show much effect for his son, now he forgives him and actually feels happy when his son opens his eyes.
]]> 2017-10-23 01:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199422017 3. Love josedavidcs https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199422368 “The lovers saw each other every other day. Cossette came in with M. Fauchelevent. “It is reversing the order of things,”said Mademoiselle Gillenormand, “that the intended should come to the house to be courted like this.”(Pg 221)

  • This demonstrates how the kids loved themselves mutually and how they were dedicated to their lover, how strong love was that even with all circumstances they ended up together.
]]> 2017-10-23 01:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199422368 1.Guilt josedavidcs https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199422690 “Then his heart swelled,and he burst into tears, it was the first time he swept in years.” “His past life,his first offense,his long expiation, his brutal exterior,his hardened interior,his release made glad by so many schemes of vengeance,what had happened with him at the bishop’s, his last action, this theft of forty sous from of a child,a crime meaner and the more monstrous that it came after the bishops pardon, all this returned to him,clearly, but in a light that he has never seen before.”(Hugo,38)

  • This is a great example for guilt since we can see his past actions are taking over his brain and making him retaliate things and events that took place in his past that he still thinks about and torments his present.
]]> 2017-10-23 01:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199422690 5.Generosity josedavidcs https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199425886 “ I have learned your kindness towards me, that you have paid my rent six months ago.” “I think I may hope that your generous heart will softer…”(pg 203)



Explanation: This shows he is generous because he talks about how he paid his rent when he was in need, this act of kindness shows he is a generous person.
]]> 2017-10-23 02:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199425886 6. Passiveness josedavidcs https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199426273 “Marius remained only forty-eight hours at Vernon. After burial, he returned to paris and went back to his law,thinking no more of his father than if he had never lived…”(PG 167)


Explanation:Since he did not actually know his father, he did not hate him either love him, he did not care that much about him, and in that way he shows passiveness, since he does not give that much importance to his father’s death.
]]> 2017-10-23 02:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199426273 7.Love josedavidcs https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199426555 “He carried her away and rescued her, he felt his heart, all that he has feeling and affection was aroused and attracted towards the child”(Hugo,122)

  • This shows a deep way of explaining the feeling he has towards this child, the beginning of something that is not felt everyday as we might think it actually does.
]]> 2017-10-23 02:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199426555 8.Moral Satisfaction josedavidcs https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199426754 “Jean Valjean cut the martingale which Javert had about his neck, then he cut the ropes which he had on his wrists,then,stooping down,he cut the cord which he had on his feet:and rising,he said to him.”(Hugo,313).

  • This demonstrates how he feels morally correct doing this action of saving Javert from what he thought that has inevitable death, he is know free of any guilt, and demonstrates how his morals are completely correct.
]]> 2017-10-23 02:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199426754 9. Social Injustice josedavidcs https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199426975 “Fantine tried to find work as a servant, but no one would take her.”(Hugo, 59)

  • This shoes injustice because no one wanted to let her work because she had a child called cosette, and they did not want to employ someone that was a mother.
]]> 2017-10-23 02:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199426975 10.Compassion josedavidcs https://padlet.com/josedavidcs/4c9omtodp4e2/wish/199427082 “My friend, before you go here are the candlesticks”(Hugo,32)

  • Is shows compassion because he made him not go to jail by telling the cop he was not stealing from him, that he actually gave him that.
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