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Examples Of Conflict In Les Miserables

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3) In the musical Les Miserables, the major conflict with Jean Valjean can be compared to of the book Legend, and Day’s conflict. Both characters in each story, have been running away for their lives so they don’t get caught by authorities. In the movie Les Miserables, Jean Valjean starts out as a jailed, working in poor conditions, just because he stole a piece of bread. As he is released from prison Javert, the policeman, says that “Once a criminal, always a criminal” and tells him how shall be captured again. Years later, Jean Valjean pitches his old life and starts a new chapter, as mayor of Montreuil-sur-Mer. Javert comes to serve as a jail guard and just happens to run into Jean Valjean, slightly recognizing his appearance. A man had been trapped under a carriage and Jean Valjean lifted him from under. Dumbfounded by his newfound strength, Javert realizes this man is who he seems and once was. After Jean Valjean realizes Javert is on to him, he escapes before getting busted by a Javert. In the other story Legend Day is running from the authorities due to him committing many crimes. After failing his Trial, Day escapes from his past to live without anything holding him down. One night, he breaks into a hospital looking for a cure for his sick brother. There he runs from police, only to encounter a soldier named Metias. There he stabs the soldier in the shoulder to stop him from catching him. There, Metias is murdered and it just so happens his sister June makes a

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