Les Miserables Report

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The movie was based on Victor Hugo's novel.  The story takes place in France in the early 1800s.  I like it because it has a good story and interesting characters. It also gave me an idea of what it was like for the poor people of France back then.  Some of the characters are Jean Valjean, Fantine, Cosette, Marius, the Thenardiers and Javert. Jean Valjean used to be a prisoner, he broke his parole and changed his name and became the mayor of a town. Fantine worked in one of his factories. Fantine had a daughter named Cosette whom she had left in the care of the Thenardiers until she could send for her. She was paying them to look after Cosette, but she did not know they were using her as a maid. One day she was fired by the foreman and she became very poor. After that, she got into a fight with one man and Javert a policeman wanted to arrest her. Jean Valjean stopped him and took Fantine to a doctor when she became ill. Fantine got worse and died , but  Jean promised to take care of Cosette. Javert recognized him as a prisoner and tried to arrest him, but he escaped. He found Cosette who was being ill-treated by the Thenardiers. Jean Valjean adopted her and raised her. Some years later when Cosette was already grown up, Marius met Cosette and fell in love with her. His friends were starting a rebellion so he joined. In the end, his friends died in the battle, and Marius was wounded. Jean saved him and escaped through the sewers. Marius and Cosette were married. Jean Valjean left them because he did not want Cosette to find out he was a fugitive. They saw him one last time before he died.  The movie and book were both good but I think I liked the book better. The events happened faster in the movie and the book was a bit more serious. I enjoyed watching it and reading it.


By: Cassandra Garcia


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