Valjean Enter The Barricades Study Questions

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They said at the barricades because they believed in what they were fighting for.

Valjean enters the barricades because he was trying to complete the mission of saving Marius.
Gavroche leaves the barricades to empty cartridges but he was shot and he died.
The brave act Valjean did was that he offered a uniform for the last man, his reward was to kill Javet.
The irony in this sentence is that throughout the novel Javert had made it his mission to capture the convict Jean Valjean but suddenly he becomes Valjean's prisoner after being found out as a spy.
Valjean frees Javert but not before he tell him his address. I believe he does this because he knows that after he gets Marius to Cosette she will not be alone but he will.
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He is bedridden for a while before he is able to open his eyes to look about.
What keeps Javert from arresting Valjean at his home is the fact that he has seen Valjean in different scenarios, he knows of what a kind man he is, even when Valjean was given a chance to stop his problems by killing Javert, he saved him. Jvert knows that valjean can do no harm and so his conscience stopped him from taking him in.
Effects Marius’ injuries has on his grandfather is that they made him realize that he might be losing his only grandson, son even. They made him scared that if Marius dies he may never see him, again, they made him come to his sense about arguing over political views.
The crisis of conscience is that Javert begins to think if it is a good idea to arrest Valjean. Javert is a man of the law but since Javert saved at the barricades he realized that Valjean is a man who full of kindness and goodness to everyone even those who aren't kind to him. This is similar to Valjeans
The ultimate outcome is that Javert winds up committing suicide.
Rebirth: M. Gillenormand changed by he became accepting to what Marius wished or wanted, he became a lot nicer in the way he approached people or

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