Well first off I would like to say that a lot of the messages anyone is trying to communicate would be tough to receive because off all the singing - realistically. Another thing, involving the singing, at the beginning when the prisoners were singing about being imprisoned and having to do hard labor in front of the guards of the French Military. Enough of the singing.
One thing that really struck me as a ethically wrong choice to make would be to not talk to your boss about being fired, specifically Hathaway's character. If the job were really important for her child and her self, would she really give up and not try to keep the job she already had? Giving herself physically just to make a living is a large sacrifice - but one not needed to be made when the good she could do would be to get the job back at her old place or any job similar looking for her skill set.
I know it is shown in the movie to show how desperate she was and it wouldn't seem as appealing to watch if she actually did get her job back. You know, because we would have one less story to follow.
Another one, was when Jackman's character did not confess to being prisoner 24601. He assumed (and was in the right mind to do so) that if he were to tell Crowe's character that he was the 24601 that he would be severely punished. Since he had escaped his parol. Telling a lie is generally not good, but telling one to save your new life or just your life in general may seem to be justified.
I find it hard to communicate the fact that it is okay to be a criminal no matter how long you were imprisoned or on the lamb. It is something that we have seen so much in our cruel and punishing world. Javert should have arrested Valjean just for lying. But he did know it was one of his old prisoners from long ago.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, I would have to disagree with your statement about Fantine. She was at her lowest in life and had no support. The father was gone, the work people as well as the community would not appreciate her even if she would plead her case. This was a time of strict scrutiny and aggression among the weak.
You are actually right about the Fantine statement. I didn't realize that even if Valjean would bring her back out of his kindness that the workers there would just dislike her and mistreat her even more for being rehired by the boss.
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