How communication ethics plays out in the film?
It didn't take long into the film to see the impact status and power had on communication ethics. In the opening of the film we see how Javert talks to Jean Valjean. Because Javert is an officer and Jean Valjean is a prisoner, Javert displays his authority over the prisioners referring to them by numbers rather than their name. Javert does not care what the prisoners have to say and orders them around with no regard. Javert knows that he has complete control over the prisoners and makes sure the prisoners understand that as he orders them around, in particular when he tells Jean Valjean to retrieve the flag by himself. As the movie continues you see a complete switch in the way Javert addresses Jean Valjean.
Eight years later in the film, Jean Valjean has created a new identity as Monsieur Madeleine, a mayor of a small town. Unfortuantely for Jean Valjean, Officer Javert arrives to his town for patrol. Javert does not recognize the mayor as Jean Valjean and talks to him with great respect. When Javert and Jean Valjean are talking, it is easy to see that Javert is more accepting to Jean Valjean, and understands that the mayor has more authority than himself.
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