You are correct in a way - but also the mercy shown to him by Valjean, a criminal that he had pursued for such a long time, was so disruptive to his black and white world that he cannot deal with it at that time and chose to kill himself instead.

No, that’s not it. When Valjean saved Javert, he opened up two paths for him. One of justice, the way of the law, and one of mercy, the way of God. He refused to choose between them, because no matter which one he chose, he would be committing a great sin against the other.

Someone once said something fascinating about Javert - Javert is portrayed as your run of the mill black and white interpretation of law enforcement - he did everything to the book - He literally malfunctioned and realised all these years of arresting and imprisoning people - and destroying so many lives under such a ruthless mind set was too much for him to handle! Valjean only stole some bred and silverware to make his and his famillies life easier! Javert literally destroyed stole peoples lives - no doubt directly giving instructions and or preparing cases to have them hung or guillotined - When he finally woke up and realised what the grace of god was about he was in his mind far too gone!

He isn't too proud, he simply cannot bear it.

Wow! Spot on.

I agree he is pretty spot-on with his own analysis and summaries of all the novels and stories

If everybody's literary analyses could be more like Sparky's, there'd be more people enjoying reviews in addition to the books themselves

Not to mention the genius of Russel Crowe. When you've got books with characters like Russel Crowe in them you can't go wrong.

@@copperrose4376 He didn't mention Gavroche either, but those are both very minor characters in the book. Eponine is more for the musical fans.

That's because Valjean was straight up OG.

If not then the Quran

+Smitty Jones Which book though

+aadu7ec the bible

Smitty Jones Yeah bro, but the bible has several books with several different stories.

+aadu7ec true I guess a multiple part series on this one

+fairfarren38 I'd love to see him do that Gilgamesh.

+fairfarren38 Excellent Suggestion!

+fairfarren38 That would be great, especially with how many things are in there...or at least that we know is in there!

***** Also a prostitute taming a hairy beastman with seven days and nights of loving, then Gilgamesh and Enkidu's subsequent, arguably homoerotic bromance.

+David Axelord I would say that theirs is the true "no homo" bromance...though possibly there is the epic homosexual bromance. And it's very open about sex

+SlamifiedBuddafied It's coming!

Wisecrack Excellent!

+Wisecrack Do the Count of Monte Cristo, please

+Ericsson Veiga Here you go: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ldNhiqWG0LrJk6s.html

+SlamifiedBuddafied Oh yeah! I haven't read or heard that story since 5th grade! My teacher at the time read it to us!

And "The Man Who Laughs". It's one of his lesser-known books but, in my opinion, should be considered right up there with "Les Miserables" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame".

In the standards of society he was as gd and noble as society asks him to be ... And valjean was the opposite .. A man that society considers bad .. And that's one of the messages of the book : We shouldn'judge people on the basis of social construct ..

I mean... it sounds like you've only watched the video. There's a lot more to him (and some of those things you mentioned weren't actually true).

Zenith Wills sounds like most people in the world to me.

the answer is a bit more complicated. Marius was a profond Republican, he was an idealist, a nobleman who lived in the popular districts of Paris, among the poor, and he considered the "Bagne" (a specific type of prison, like the hardcore mode of Alcatraz, where Valjean spent 14 years of his life) as inhumane. So when Valjean told him he came from the bagne, Marius actually understood Valjean, knowing that it was society's fault for not leaving him a chance, and said he could stay as much as he wants here in his house. But Valjean didn't want to be near Cosette and Marius after these two got married, as he feared he might hinder their happiness with all his "dirt". But he knew he didn't have the strength to stay away from Cosette by himself. So he made sure that Marius would not know it was him who saved him and told him it was Javert. But since that didn't work either, he lied to him and said that he loved (not in the father way) Cosette as well. Marius, being disgusted by Valjean asked him to leave and to never see Cosette again. Valjean, knowing that he could therefore not interrupt Cosette and Marius's futur and happiness ever again, stayed away as much as he could. But without Cosette, he slowly withered away. Not having anything to live for, he died the night when Marius and Cosette came in a rush to visit him. And it was Marius who asked Valjean's forgiveness, even thought Valjean told him there was nothing to forgive him about.

@@cebonvieuxjack Dude, Valjean never told Marius that he loved Cosette as anything other than a daughter in the novel. I think you're confusing it with the 2000's French miniseries adaptation, in which they invent this.

+Thais Leal Being fair, if he touched every important point of Les Mis, it would be an hour and a half video, cause damn.

+Fabián Elí I would LOVE a 90 minute video about Les Mis :D hehehehe. those points are more like interesting tidbits, they already did an AMAZING job resuming the Brick and making it correct and succint

And they are all in the actual book and audiobook which are online for free so you could just go read it. Sometimes these videos worry me that people think it's enough to know the point of a book but not actually read it.

+ThisIsRNation Actually so true, I'm not much a reader myself though, so the worry of missing the story is more self directed.

Nah... don't read the one online for free. It's translated by Isabelle Hapgood, who is a HORRENDOUS translator.

they should specifically do a video for A Study in Scarlet and The Hound of Baskerville. That is my opinion.

that would take a hundred episodes,

there are far too many Sherlock Holmes books

Books there aren't many,most of Sherlock Holmes' stories are novellas,or whatever you'd call them.Not many of them are worth of serious analysis

Well 99% of the people here havent read the book

+Kaleb Johnson Coming soon!

Awesomenessss !!!!!

+Wisecrack Is there an ETA of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy? I am going to start writing a paper on the philosophy behind it, and would love to hear your thoughts on the book before I write it.

+Wisecrack Yay can't wait!!

+Wisecrack Shweet! I've been waiting for that one for a long time!

Yeah i was waiting for that!!!

She wasn't really that important tbh

Eponine was my fav kharacter 3: she wasn't a crazy jealous gal towards cosette. I respect her for that

She's pretty minor... if you ctrl-f for her name, you get fewer results than for Combeferre, who (though I love him) isn't considered by anyone to be a crucial character. She is a good representation of the message of the book, but the point made with her is just as well made with Fantine; Eponine just reiterates it. Also, I was mostly just worried that he would focus on her being "in love" with Marius... I'd much rather have her not be mentioned than be mischaracterized (like in the musical!).

+Michael Travis GREAT COMET WOOOOO! And yeah, their songs are often re-used for each other at points. Fantine, Eponine, and Cosette all mirror each other in some ways, but with significant differences that make their lives very different. The different themes attempt to draw your attention to those connections, either consciously or subconsciously.

Thanks, Marty

+Guy K True but either would be sweet

Yes, Psycho!

American Psycho would be great too.

+MrRenegadeshinobi he did do that.

Brian Jensen *American Psycho.

breasthound yes that's what ***** asked for.

Why not both?

they have just look up the play list.

I looked it up and watched it after this one. I just didn't feel the need to reply to myself initially... :P

+SoybeansCanFangirlToo Gotta love some sweet, sweet revenge.

I love that book My favorite parts are those "just as planned" moments he does when he finishes like a teensy quarter of his big plan

YESYESYES

Jane Doe OMG Yes.

Jane Doe wait is it just game of thrones with only the you know with the gross sibling relationship

It might be because you only saw a bad movie :)

+evamillovici nah the musical is entirely sung through as well

+Rachel Noel I think that'd be a bad idea, since Maus is a true story and any jokes about it would be in bad tastes.

+Slashbash I don't see how, necessarily.

Master Markus All the characters are real people. I mean, many of these books have dealt with real horrible scenarios, but they were done with fictional people. Like, the colonization of the Igbo tribe was real, but Okonkwo was not.

Slashbash I know it has real people, but you can judge real people, especially since most of the people in the books aren't horrible. At most Art's father is racist. Everyone else with a particularly bad quality is a Nazi - a group of people we generally don't feel bad making fun of.

Master Markus I'm thinking more about making fun of the horrible situations they're in, The people behind Thug Notes would have to tread carefully.

+Meri Holland I love that one

Coming *very* soon

There's Classic Illustrated. Theyre comics

they make kids read condensed 600 page versions of it in high school sometimes. But the full thing is assigned in many universities.

hairymaclary121 I read the whole thing for Sophomore Lit in high school. It wasn't that bad.

yeah i read it for leisure in grade 10 i really enjoyed it too

Reading now, sophomore year.

He's awesome, seriously

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@@WisecrackEDU 404

Here you go!!!!! www.wisecrack.co/shows/thug-notes/invisible-man-by-ralph-ellison/

+Wisecrack Yay!!!!! Thanks XD

@Lady Macbeth Oh yeah definitely. I was memeing and using hyperbole. Javert isn't an angel, but he's at least a sympathetic and understandable character.

@Lady Macbeth lol

+crawlingninjabear I'm curious why you felt the need to share this thought and info with us, for (social) science of course! :)

+Zachary Cohn I'm not sure what you mean by "social experiment", but I just thought it'd be a nice little opinion people could reflect on, discuss, or even find humorous In other words, I posted a comment Why you'd question that is a little beyond me Like, say, why did you feel the need to ask me such a question? Did I say something wrong? Did I say something racist?If so, why is it important to know why?

+crawlingninjabear They did an AMA a while back, and I think that was indirectly confirmed.

+crawlingninjabear Laying some Socratic method on you, why do you think it matters if you're white?

Who cares if you're white? Why is that necessary to share? Take your white ass to Stormfront or whatever place you racists hang out. This ain't for you.