During the beginning portion of Les Mis, it is quite obvious that there our theme of the course, communication ethics, plays out within all of the characters dialogue, and even body language. But first, it is important to discuss what communication ethics really is. It is the ability to portray and express levels of moral principles in a dialogue between 2 or more people. Even during the first clip of the film it was obvious why this was the movie that was chosen to represent our course's theme.
The most obvious example of the power struggle throughout this film is between Jean and Javert. Jean was a criminal and in prison, and he was working as a slave in France. Jean sings a song early on that explains that he can't look Javert in the eye. All of the prisoners sang this, actually. This is due to the fact that Javert was completely in control of all of the slaves. Javert also only remembered Jean's number that was given to him while he was in prison. But, Javert expected Jean to completely remember his full name. This shows that Javert was considered to be worth much more than Jean, even though they are both human beings. All in all, these are only a few of the ways in with communication ethics is shown in Les Mis.
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