Javert

The character Javert from “Les Miserables” by Victor Hugo has been short-handedly portrayed as an obsessive single minded man who does nothing but chase for convict Jean Valjean. Yet, in the book it appears that Javert doesn’t pursue Jean Valjean as much as he coincidently runs into him a couple of times over the years. The truth is that Javert was never obsessed with Jean Valjean, but the musical has perceived people to think otherwise. With this day in age, the people of society rather watch a…

Throughout the film we watch Javert and Valjean interact with each other and by watching the movie once the viewer loves Valjean’s kindness and compassion for others. However, the biggest change in someone's character is Javert. Throughout the movie he remains cold to change but at the end we watch him take his own life because he refused to change. We first meet Javert at the begging of the movie with a quick clip of him in a flashback sequence with Valjean. Javert was a prison guard who had…

course of many years, Javert is unable to capture the convict while given multiple opportunities. When adversity hits Javert who is a man of the law in the book Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, the individual uses suicide as his solution to escape his inability to understand compassion. While everyone in the community has dealt with Javert’s unwavering commitment to the law, the people judge him, as they are unaware of his past which influences his actions. Despite public opinion, Javert takes his…

law arises, giving prisoners second chances, Javert cannot find his place on this earth. Divine law contradicts everything he ever believed in. Javert’s only choice to escape his conscious was to commit suicide. The law, in Javert’s eyes, is black and white. Anyone who commits a crime deserves full and, at times, unreasonable punishment. Gray areas and excuses are not acceptable within his lawful duties. Javert pursues escaped convicts because…

In Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, the redemption of Javert mirrors the redemption I showed towards Katie Houser when she stole all my money. Javert ruined Jean Valjean’s life whenever things started to go well. Javert sent Jean to prison which forced him to leave behind his good reputation and large income. He tracked Jean down and forced him to move away to conceal his identity. Javert was captured by Marius’ barricade and was sentenced to die. Jean agreed to be the one to kill him. Jean led…

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.…

example of such. Jean Valjean’s reason for arrest shows us the conflict between the two rights - it is illegal to steal something however everyone has the moral right to a happy and healthy life where you should be allowed to eat food. The reason Javert decided that suicide was his fate was because…

She believed that the stateless future was not preordained by iron laws of history, but was rather to be the conscious creation of a population which had been morally awakened. This necessary morality, based upon honesty, decency, self-respect, and individual responsibility, was believed to be an inherent part of the working class—something to be developed and emphasized. She also possesses decency and kindness so that no act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted and living the truth…

the vision of the servant church is to live in harmony and reconcile, which means that we have to turn away from being right and turn toward the love of others. He showed this when he forgave Javert and let him go free when the men rioting would have killed him. He turned to love over the hatred, though Javert treated him poorly. He turned away from doing what may of felt good, to treat someone well just like the bishop did for him. The bishop spared him. I believe the scene,…

(1)In Les Miserables, Victor Hugo demonstrates that compassion is more effective than punishment. (2) Despite Inspector Javert’s serve obsession with finding Jean Valjean, the circumstances under which this is achieved forces Javert to examine his own perception of justice. (3) Jean Valjean’s numerous selfless actions conflict with Javert’s label of him as a dangerous convict. (4) Javert’s fixation on punishment does not allow any room for compassion, and to his mind, the only way he can show…