Les Mis
How is it that hidden within a story full of hunger, despair, and the fight for freedom that the truest conquest is that of love? Throughout history love has been the one emotion that could create and destroy a life within a breath. It is simply impossible to state that love comes in several forms, for love is emitted from everything. It has been expressed throughout all time and in every form, even those which condemn it. Still, love is the one emotion that can overcome all other misfortunes. How far should someone go for love? Should they commit a crime, should they steal or kill, and where should they draw the line? With both parents dead and Jean left as the oldest sibling he was faced with numerous responsibilities. One of the hardest was being that of hunger. Should he steal food, some bread, for his family, or let them starve. Unfortunately, for doing wrong for love Jean had changes his life forever. Where we live the one thing everyone loves yet takes for granted must be freedom. Jean Valjean, being imprisoned twice had but one thing on his mind, regaining this virtue once again. However, in attempting to do this multiple times by escaping from jail he succeeded only in lengthenin
telling him to meet Cosette when in actuality he was simply being led into the French revolution. Yet when the barrel of a gun was pointed towards Marius, it was Eponine who placed her hand over the end, sending the bullet through her and out of her back, slowly killing her. Though she knew that she would not have Marius she could not bear to stand by and watch him be killed. And like the true desperate lover that she was she made right just before death by telling Marius the truth and giving him Cosette's real letter. Two of the strongest cases to support the need for the love of life must be those of Javert and Jean. Javert, seeing how much Jean loved being alive
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Approximate Word count = 1416
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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