Elements of Foregiveness and Love in Les Miserables
Elements of Foregiveness and Love in Les Miserables
In life, a little minor incident can make a big shift of a person’s point of view. Obviously, readers can see that shift in Jean Val Jean after the mayor treated him when he stole the silver dinner set.
“From now on, you have to be a good man”, the mayor said to Jean Val Jean, and this message completely changed Jean Val Jean point of view, and the way he faced his life. After that event, Jean Val Jean increasingly became more humane toward the poor, and especially acceptance for what he was being. Jean Val Jean’s view shifted 180 degree around from what he used to be. From being such a pessimistic man, Jean Val Jean became optimistic and absolutely hopeful for his future. He gradually understood that his life was not over yet, and there were a lot of thing for him to do. He mastered that subject, and quickly he became a valuable man for life.
When he came to the new town where he fortunately became rich, but rich life did not blind him of seeing other poor people desperately need helps. As he had been through for being a poor man, he understood and started having a great love toward the poor people. When he forgot himself to try to lift up the wagon to rescue the guy underneath the wheel, he showed us his generosity. Probably because of what he got from the mayor that changed his life completely, he might want to share that with others, so they both would have a feeling of love. His passion to help other, and his passion to live a happy life with other helped him to see through the needs of the society, and his participation could make a difference. He found what he belonged to, and he also found what he was living for. He understood that there were many others like him that had to live injustice lives because of their poor conditions. He found his goal that he needed to help others to overcome obstacle.
Moreover, he demonstrated his forgiveness very well through the situation when Fatine spitted, but he still attempted to belt her out of jail. He was not afraid of power, and neither the consequences that would happen to him. ...