I found The movie Les Miserables to be very intriguing when I thought of it in the eyes of communication. I was thrown back by how much I was able to pull away from the film in regards to, People and communication, Status levels and how they were portrayed in the film, as well as, how power was almost seen as a bad thing.
As I sat and realized how informative this film was I began to take in things. The first major thing I realized right away was the power struggle that was taking place. All of Characters were great at depicting their status level and it even came out right in the first scene. Javert is looking over all of the prisoners and he is on a large docking station for ships. All the men under him were prisoners and had to pull a boat in by giant ropes. They were dirty, hairy, as well as worn down with dingy clothing.
In the film it was very noticeable how communication between status levels. When all the women in the factory found out Fantine had a child they were very rude and treated her like trash. She then had to stoup as low as to become a prostitute. As she dropped in status her communication was becoming almost extinct. She was not permitted to talk when she was confronted by a rude man and the inspector Javert. They were going to jail her without even asking her what her side of the story was. Jean Valjean is now Mayor of the town and is convinced he knows her. Her hair was different then when she was banished from his factory by the cruel women. Communication was almost missing for the lower class community. While Javert was riding through the entrance of the town he did not say a word to any of the peasants and they knew not to talk to him.
Lastly I would like to address the fact that we often times run into. Power was beginning to show anger. As we see the power in the town was being corroded by the aggressive and dirty policing by Javert. He shows us that he is the best and how dare any person challenge that. Well in communication we learn how destructive this formula may be for lower class or minority. Communication can be very hard when one feels less of a person or that their opinion does not matter.
The movie was great at showing aspects of communication. Some harder to pick up than others but It was a good depiction of how society truly is.
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