Kill em with Kindness
“If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes a sacrifice.” (Unknown) Sacrifice was not a strange action to the characters of Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. This novel emphasized the sacrifices each individual made for their own future as well as the future of the country. While Eponine had some of the most selfless actions in the movie, it can easily overshadow the sacrifices of other characters. Beyond Eponine, there were characters such as Jean Valjean and Fantine who lived selflessly, Javert who gave everything up, and Marius who learned the true meaning of sacrifice.
From the moment he meets her, Jean Valjean is ready to sacrifice everything for Cosette, who he cares after as if she were his own daughter. Ever since he escaped from prison to find her, he lived selflessly for her. “He went to the barricade to save me. As …show more content…
The pain that accompanies leaving a child is unbearable, but they both knew it was for the best. If they hadn’t the left them, they would be together but under not ideal living conditions. They took these sacrifices because they didn’t care about their future but of their future of their children. Unlike Captain Pontmercy, Fantine doesn’t see her child once she leaves her. She trusted Jean Valjean to take care of her and like we hear her say in the movie, “You’ve raised my child in love / she is the best of my life” (epilogue). As she sings these lines to Jean Valjean you see how hard it was for her to leave her child, even when she had every intention to come back for her. Her life becomes somewhat similar to Jean Valjeans as she selflessly gives up her hair, and body just for some more money to be able to send to Cosette. These scenes happen so quick and so early on it is easy to forget they occurred, but the pain Fantine and Captain Pontmercy goes through lasts a
“If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes a sacrifice.” (Unknown) Sacrifice was not a strange action to the characters of Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. This novel emphasized the sacrifices each individual made for their own future as well as the future of the country. While Eponine had some of the most selfless actions in the movie, it can easily overshadow the sacrifices of other characters. Beyond Eponine, there were characters such as Jean Valjean and Fantine who lived selflessly, Javert who gave everything up, and Marius who learned the true meaning of sacrifice.
From the moment he meets her, Jean Valjean is ready to sacrifice everything for Cosette, who he cares after as if she were his own daughter. Ever since he escaped from prison to find her, he lived selflessly for her. “He went to the barricade to save me. As …show more content…
The pain that accompanies leaving a child is unbearable, but they both knew it was for the best. If they hadn’t the left them, they would be together but under not ideal living conditions. They took these sacrifices because they didn’t care about their future but of their future of their children. Unlike Captain Pontmercy, Fantine doesn’t see her child once she leaves her. She trusted Jean Valjean to take care of her and like we hear her say in the movie, “You’ve raised my child in love / she is the best of my life” (epilogue). As she sings these lines to Jean Valjean you see how hard it was for her to leave her child, even when she had every intention to come back for her. Her life becomes somewhat similar to Jean Valjeans as she selflessly gives up her hair, and body just for some more money to be able to send to Cosette. These scenes happen so quick and so early on it is easy to forget they occurred, but the pain Fantine and Captain Pontmercy goes through lasts a