La Douleur Exquise [French] – The heart-wrenching pain of wanting someone you can’t have. This is one of the worst feelings possible, and no one wants to experience it. In the book, Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, Eponine has gone through several hardships in life that have made her a selfish girl, but one concept has made her change: love. This emotion transformed her heart and guided her to make better choices. Eponine has proved not to be like the Thenardier family by becoming a better person as her heart has been filled with love and sacrifice for the one person she cares about the most but will never have. The Thenardier family has always been cruel and selfish, but one member has broken away from their wickedness to have her heart
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Eponine never knew what that was like, but somehow she was able to with Marius. She told him in the end before she was dying, “I believe I was a little in love with you” (Hugo, et al. 244). Even though Marius never noticed, she was constantly thinking about him and what was best for him. Eponine’s family never did that for her. They liked her more than Cosette, but her parents never put her first. One tremendous example of this is when Eponine is going to show Marius where Cosette lives, but while they are walking, she states, “It won’t do for a fine young man, like you, to be seen with a woman like me” (Hugo, et al. 204). She loves him so incredibly much that she is willing to walk ahead of him so they aren’t seen together. That shows love, but it also shows a great deal of sacrifice from Eponine. Love contains sacrifice, which is another aspect that Eponine has gained since she left the selfish ways of her family. Numerous people know the saying “great sacrifice comes great reward”. That is definitely not the case for Eponine. All her sacrifices lead her to death. It all originates with her leading Marius to where Cosette lives, when she realizes that “he was never [hers] to lose” (Hooper). It broke her heart seeing Marius and Cosette together. She could have given up at that moment, but “there’s been no one like him anywhere” (Hooper), so she continued to help him because he had touched …show more content…
Taking a bullet for someone is something not many people would do, but Eponine did it with selflessness and grace. Nobody even noticed that Eponine was the one who took the bullet. Shocked by what happened, Marius could barely speak. He comforted Eponine in her last minutes of life and even in those minutes, she made one last sacrifice. The letter from Cosette was in her pocket and she insisted Marius to “take [his] letter” (Hugo, et al. 244). This was Eponine’s last chance to prove that she is not like her family. While it pained her to give him the letter, she wanted him to be pleased with
Eponine never knew what that was like, but somehow she was able to with Marius. She told him in the end before she was dying, “I believe I was a little in love with you” (Hugo, et al. 244). Even though Marius never noticed, she was constantly thinking about him and what was best for him. Eponine’s family never did that for her. They liked her more than Cosette, but her parents never put her first. One tremendous example of this is when Eponine is going to show Marius where Cosette lives, but while they are walking, she states, “It won’t do for a fine young man, like you, to be seen with a woman like me” (Hugo, et al. 204). She loves him so incredibly much that she is willing to walk ahead of him so they aren’t seen together. That shows love, but it also shows a great deal of sacrifice from Eponine. Love contains sacrifice, which is another aspect that Eponine has gained since she left the selfish ways of her family. Numerous people know the saying “great sacrifice comes great reward”. That is definitely not the case for Eponine. All her sacrifices lead her to death. It all originates with her leading Marius to where Cosette lives, when she realizes that “he was never [hers] to lose” (Hooper). It broke her heart seeing Marius and Cosette together. She could have given up at that moment, but “there’s been no one like him anywhere” (Hooper), so she continued to help him because he had touched …show more content…
Taking a bullet for someone is something not many people would do, but Eponine did it with selflessness and grace. Nobody even noticed that Eponine was the one who took the bullet. Shocked by what happened, Marius could barely speak. He comforted Eponine in her last minutes of life and even in those minutes, she made one last sacrifice. The letter from Cosette was in her pocket and she insisted Marius to “take [his] letter” (Hugo, et al. 244). This was Eponine’s last chance to prove that she is not like her family. While it pained her to give him the letter, she wanted him to be pleased with