Les Miserables

Genre : Fiction / Drama 

Characters:

Jean Valjean- The Protagonist in the story. He was a prisoner that has given a parole after 19 yrs. in    prison. He had a code name 24601.

Javert- A Inspector, a prison guard. He symbolizes the people who abusing power.

Fantine- A mother of Cosette who become a Courtesans just to have money to provide for her daughter.

Cosette-  A daughter of Fantine who Love Marius.A abandon child who suffers from   poverty.

Marius Pontmercy-  A rich young man who join the revolution and the one who love cosette.

Eponine- A Girl who love marius and who is blinded by her love to marius.

Monsier Thenardier & Madame Thenardier-  A husband & a Wife
                                                                                                 who is thief in the story.

Enjolras- The Leader of the LES AMIS de l’ABC

Gavroche- takes part in the barricades @ killed while collecting bullets from dead National Guardsmen.

Bishop Myriel – Kindly Old Priest who help Jean Valjean

Setting:  In 19th-century France

Plot:

     This story is all about a person who committed crime and he wanted to change for the better. He becomes a good person who helps other people by being a mayor or the City. He adopted the child of fantine, cosette and he protect that girl tell the end.

Theme:

    The Theme was about the struggles in life . We can also say that it is all about Love and compassion.

Symbolism:

   

 Red Flag

     This symbolizes the people who declared war to the government.

Question:

       1. .What does the title mean in relation to the film as a whole?
2. Among the characters, to whom can you relate to?
3. Which part of the presentation struck you the most? Why?
4. What is the movie’s message?
5. Did I like this in general? Why?
6. Did I agree with the main theme/purpose? Why or why not?
7. What specifically did I like/dislike? Why?
8. Are there any aspects of theme which are left ambiguous at the end? Why?
9. How does this film relate to the things that are happening in your life?

Answer:

1.        The title relate to the movie for it tells about the life of all the characters, one was they are poor and the other was abusive in power. They suffer so much in their daily life just to have food or any other needs.
   
   
   2.   Marius for me I can relate to this character for he was so brave to fight for his rights. And I am also going to fight my rights if I was at the situation also. He is willing to give up his wealth just to fight for the thing he thinks was right.
   
   
   3.   When the protagonist Jean Valjean leave cosette and when he was about to die. For the reasons that when he live he don’t want cosette to know where he was. He just go but still he was hurting inside when he live his adopted child. When he is about to die he tells cosette about his secret identity. Also when fantine told him that she already forgive him & she thank him for taking good care of cosette and making sure that when Jean Valjean will die he can find peacefulness and he was already forgiven for all his mistake/crime that he committed in life.
   
   
   4.  For me the movie’s message is about being brave & even though people do something wrong they still can change and not all of the people who had been in jail like the character Jean Valjean are bad persons, they sometimes commit mistake because of the poverty they experience in life. And person who has a behavior like Javert can also change into a better person.
   
   
    5. Yes! For it tells about struggles of the entire protagonist in the story who wants to change their life for a better. They want things to be more better not only for their self but also for the people in that place.
   
   
   6.  Yes! For it was all about the struggles that we can face in life if we are poor or criminals. we can never change the fact that if people will know about our records they will going to be scared of us. It can also be LOVE for if shows about the love that the characters give to the person they love in that movie. they are willing to give up everything just for the person they love the most.
   
   
   7. The scene I like most was when Marius and cosette see each other for the first time. When marius ask for the help of his friend Eponine who is secretly in love with him. He do everything to know the girl he like most.
   
   
   8.  For me the ambiguous part was when the revolution continued or not? It was not clear if they still continue to revolt against the king of their land and if there are still some people who are against the kings roles.
   
   
   9.  In life we suffer from different laws that we sometimes do not like. We people have some revolt against it. We can also suffer from poverty & we sometimes disregards the people who committed crimes because we are scared at them. We never give them a chance to have a good life they wanted.
   
   
   
   

LOVE
Will
Finds
A
WAY..