Jean Val Jean (Chapter VII and IX - Back to Prison) Flashcards
What rewards has Jean Val Jean received now that he has changed?
Jean Val Jean had received respect and love from the citizens of M. sur M., Jean Val Jean had also received much wealth from his success in his business, a new life, major, and a respectful businessman.
Is Javert considered a virtual or evil man? What does Javert’s admission in page 55 say about his character?
Though the event involving Fantine and the influential citizen, Jean Val Jean had just token the common sense in that situation, so Jean Val jean isn’t a evil man but just a perfectionist but is a honest man, this can be proven as he admitted what he had done to Jean and that event. Jean is just willing to do anything for the law and what he knows is justifiable.
Why didn’t Javert see the look on Jean’s face when Jean had heard what Javert had done? What would Javert had done if he had seen?
Luckily when Javert was explaining his report to Jean in disappointment, he had been looking down, so he had avoided seeing the shocked face that was painted on Jean Val Jean’s face.
What did Jean do with this old staff and knapsack? What did he want to show through these actions?
He burned his old staff and knapsack using the fire from the stove of his bedroom say, “Now and forever, I am done with whole evil past.”
How was jean able to identify the accused man? What was the reaction of court? What did Jean do immediately? What did the court do?
Jean had identified the accused man by using the knowledge he had learned about them and tell the court about the experience he had with them in prison, such as the tattoo that were hidden amongst their clothes. Jean had left in the moment of shocked that the court audience left on their face. The court had sent a warranting arrest for Jean Val Jean the few days after, for the robber of a Savoy boy.
Jean had escaped from prison again after being captured once again? Tell the procedure of his escape and the steps he had doe to do so?
After being led to a local jail and a door bolted down, a jail for most desperate criminals were considered secure, was found empty the next day. This was done by bending two great iron bars and wrenching through a window grating. After his escaped Jean had went to a bank for a check of 630,000 francs and buried it under a great forest nearby. This was done so that if Jean or another prisoner was sent free, they would be able to easily start a new life. After being captured once again and sent for a life sentence to Toulon, as he was marched down saw a sailor hanging from a rope hundred meters away. Jean had saved him but fell in the ocean after dizziness, leading to his final escape.
