Les Miserables Lesson Plan

How does Valjean's goodness once again become a liability for him, specifically with regard to Javert finding him again?

Just as Valjean's goodness was the source of his liberation from his second imprisonment, it is also one of the qualities that allows Javert to find him again.

Javert is deeply suspicious of the reports he hears about the "beggar who gives alms," a man whose age matches Valjean's, and who has in his custody a little girl matching the description of Cosette.

Discuss the parallels between Jean Valjean's fake burial and the rituals performed at the convent.

Valjean's false burial (which is necessary in order to sneak him out and then...