Critique of Les Miserables
The story begins with a convict named Jean Valjean searching for food and shelter after working in a prison camp. No one would let them into their house because he was a convict. I felt bad for him through this because people judged him right away and he didn’t seem like such a bad person. He finally found shelter in Bishop’s house, but through the night he left and stole all of their silverware. He escapes, but is caught by some police. He explained to them that he was given all of this by the Bishop. Naturally they didn’t believe him, so they brought him back to the Bishop’s house. Once they got there the Bishop backed up what he said and told the police to let him go. So Valjean is free to go. You get the feeling from this that he is going to be a totally different person. To hide away from his past convict life, he created a new identity and was a wealthy mayor in a small town. He hid out there for a longtime. The
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Approximate Word count = 641
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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