Love and Forgiveness
Loving others, while difficult, is not always a thankless task; love creates compassion, whereas compassion generates love. In Les Miserables, Hugo affirms that love and compassion are the most essential gifts one individual can give another and that always displaying these characteristics ought to be the most momentous goal in life. You could almost say that love and compassion are virtually contagious, passed on from one character to another in this novel.Jean Val Jean’s transformation from a hate-filled and hard-edged criminal into a well-respected humanitarian reassures readers of Hugo's emphasis on love. For it is only by learning to love others that Val Jean is able to improve himself. Readers cannot help but feel a sense o
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Approximate Word count = 514
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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