Jean Valjean
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Jean Valjean was in the galleys for nineteen years for stealing bread for his sister's family as well as trying to escape from prison. His sister's family was treated like his own and they were staving and the action he took was to steal food form a bakery for them. He was arrested five years and he tried to escape numerous times and he was added jail time every time until he ended up with nineteen years. He carried around a yellow passport that stated why he was in the galleys, Everyone denied him when he went to their houses or inns. He stumbles into the Bishop and he helps him out in his life. He later in the book becomes the Bishop and becomes the "father" of the town called M_ sur M_. Everybody in the town looked up to him in forgiveness and a new beginning. He had so many different identities and tried to be the person he wasn't at the beginning of the book. He lent out money to those in need and tried to help many different people in their hard times. When the biological mother of Cosette died he took her in as his own daughter. He was with her until she grew up and got married to the man of her dreams.
The Bishop
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The Bishop was the "father" in the town of D_. who befriended Jean Valjean. He let him into his house without a problem and he trusted him completely. He tells him that God will fix what he does wrong. Jean Valjean sneaked out of his house with his money one Night. He was caught by the gendarme and the Bishop lied to them telling them that he had given the money to Jean Valjeanin the first place. He made sure that Jean Valjean had the candlesticks and carried them around with him to show that he had a piece of the Bishop with him and that hes always being watched over and that makes him want to do better. He later dies in the book and Jean Valjean lives by his words and he is always making sure there is a piece of the Bishop with him,
Javert
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Javert was born in the galleys and his mother was a traveling gypsy, his dad was sentenced to the galleys for unknown reasons. He is now a police officer for M_ sur M_. He first worked in the galleys and watched over the prisoners and that is where he encountered Jean Valjean. He wanted to find the real Jean Valjean and put him back into galleys. He has a hunch who he is and he will stop at no costs to find him. He travels throughout Paris to find him and to stop him before anything else happens. He has a long journey but he soon finds Jean Valjean and instead of killing him like he was going to in the first place , he kills himself and sacrifices himself.
Before and After Fantine
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Fantine was a young girl who had her daughter Cosette as an illegitimate child. She found the Thenardiers one day while Cosette and her were outside and they offered to take her daughter in as their own so Fantine could go to Paris and found a steady job. Later her dream was to buy her daughter back. After both Fantine and Thenardiers agree to watch Cosette the Thenardiers thought of an evil plan and told her that Cosette was sick and asked money from Fantine to pay for her daughter's needs, clothes, as well as her "sickness". Although Fantine didn't know that the Thenardiers were lying to her, she tried her hardest to make money so she could help Cosette have a normal childhood. Cosette was getting out of hand and Fantine had to sell all her items to pay for her daughter. The situation wasn't getting any better and she has to cut her hair and sell her two front teeth in order to pay for the costs that the Thenardiers ask for. She gets terribly sick and ends up dying before she is able to see Cosette for the first time since shes given her up.
Cosette
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Cosette was born from Fantine and was an illegitimate child. she was brought to the house of the Thenardies and she was their person slave making sure that everyone in the house was good and had what they needed but her needs and wants were never fulfilled by Thenardiers. She would make her sisters stockings and give the horses water and she was treated as if she was a nobody to them. She grew up in that house not knowing who her mom or dad. One day Jean Valjean came and paid for her to take her out of the house. They bonded with each other like father and daughter, they were trying to escape Paris to start their new lives. She grew up loving Jean Valjean and thinking that he was her father. While on their adventure she meets this man named Marius and she falls in love with him from afar. They later met in life and they were able to get married to each other. After that big moment in life,Jean Valjean had to break the news to Cosette and tell her the whole story from her childhood and how her mother died and Jean Valjean was never her father.