Gavroche In Les Miserables Movie And Movie

Characters in a story are a way for the author to reach out to their audience and make an impact on the plot, but that is not the case for Gavroche in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. In the book, as well as in the musical movie, many people fought and died for the revolution. Although Gavroche, the gamin, was one of those rebels, his character did not greatly impact the story or the revolution. Gavroche was an unnecessary character because he was insignificant to the plot in both the book and the movie through his death, his involvement in the story, and the lack of family ties introduced in the movie.

There were many men who lost the battle of the barricade by selflessly giving their lives to the cause and impacting the story; Gavroche was …show more content…
Gavroche was in only twenty pages of the abridged books. During that time, he is usually in the background watching and listening to the important characters move the plot along. The author displays his insignificance by giving him few lines with little meaning. For example, "The gamin..." Hugo doesn't even mention Gavroche's name in some circumstances, " approached this thoughtful personage, and began to turn about him on the points of his toes..." (Hugo 232). The one notable duty Gavroche completed successfully was delivering the note from Marius, for Cosette, to Jean Val Jean. Although this is an important moment for Jean Val Jean, anyone could have delivered this letter to him. Marius simply chose Gavroche to try and spare his life and keep him away from the barricade. Gavroche also points out that Javert is a spy from the other side, which is important, but Jean Val Jean would have recognized him once he arrived to help and the story would have continued in a similar manner. …show more content…
The book and the film follow the Thenardiers throughout their lives, but it is made evident that money is more important than their family, "Doesn't cost me to be nice / but nothing gets you nothing / Everything has got a little price!". Little Gavroche was never introduced as a part of the family in the movie musical, which belittled his character even more so. Also, you can see how little the Thenardiers thought of family because of how they treated Eponine. She ended up dying by the barricade too and her parents were unnaffected. Unlike Eponine, though, Gavroche never got any recognition or praise from his parents like she did when she was his age. His character was yet again proven