Jan 5, 2010

Les Misérables | Suggested Essay Topics

Fantine
1. Discuss the internal struggle which haunts Jean after his release from prison. What forces influence the path he ultimately decides to travel?

2. Discuss the injustice of Jean Valjean’s sentence. How does Victor Hugo use this character to protest the treatment of prisoners and convicts?

3. What social forces prompt Fantine to leave her child with the Thénardiers? Why does she think that she is doing the best possible thing for her child?

4. By the end of the first section, the reader develops a great deal of sympathy for Jean in spite of...