Jean Valjean’s Personality
Introvert, Sensor, Feeler, Perceiver
Jean Valjean is, in my opinion, a
spontaneous open minded character. He is very dedicated to causes such as
stealing bread for his sister’s children. After being released from prison I
think Jean became a very compassionate being. You don’t really see this until
after the bishop shows him such generosity. Jean isn’t quick to judge because
he didn’t appreciate being judged by the people of Digne. Every inn that he
went to wouldn’t allow him to stay because he was an x-convict. Jean believes
in getting to fully know a persons’ story before judging them.
Parts of Speech that Relate to Jean Valjean
Verb
Accepting- Jean
Valjean was treated very poorly in the town of Digne and after being shown what
compassion was by the bishop he learned that being accepting of others is the
right thing to do.
Noun
Dog- Jean was
described as a dog when he says that even a dog would be happy than he. He is
compared to a dog multiple times in the book.
Adjective
Spontaneous- He
makes decisions without thinking all the way through such as stealing the bread
for his sister’s children or even trying to break out of prison multiple times,
which just added time to his sentence.
Dense Question
Text- Explain why Jean Valjean felt so honored to be treated
the way that he was in the bishop’s home.
Other Lit/World- Describe how Jean Valjean’s experience at the
bishop’s house is similar to how equality felt when he discovered the house
form the unmentionable times.
Reader- Talk about a time when you have experienced an over
whelming feeling of welcome from someone when you didn’t expect it.
After Spending sixteen years in
prison, Jean Valjean was finally set free. I assume that he wasn’t treated very
well in prison because of how much of a different man he is when he came out- a
hardened man. The book says that he travels a long way on foot into the town of
Digne, and he just wants a place to sleep and eat. He knocks on the doors of
every inn in the town and each of them says the same thing when they find out
that he is a convict. Not even the dog would let him stay with him. When he
finally goes to the bishop’s house, the bishops treats him like a human- Jean
was not used to this treatment. The simple word, “Sir,” made him ecstatic. Jean
Valjean was not used to this generosity since he had been in prison so long and
everyone had kicked him out.
The
similarity between Jean Valjean’s experience and that of Equality is that they
both had a sense of freedom when they walked into the houses. Jean’s freedom
was that he was finally being treated like a human again, and Equality’s freedom
was just that, he was free from the society that wouldn’t let him be himself.
I have
had an experience like this before. It was when I went on a church mission trip
with my youth group. I had not been that involved in youth group, so I was
afraid that I wouldn’t have that much fun because I wouldn’t know anyone. To my
surprise everyone was just so welcoming of me and made me feel like I fit in.
Just like Equality and Jean Valjean a burden had been lifted off my shoulders.
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