We reviewed the four part quotation analysis pattern. Then we discussed the significance of the sewer scene in Les Miserables. Valjean, in the sewers, had taken the final step into the mire which would have committed himself to dying for Marius, and like Abraham in offering up his son Isaac, had shown his willingness to consummate his sacrifice (p.515). We saw that Jean Valjean, after his ordeal in the sewer acquired the lens of love (p. 520). The way he sees the world upon exiting the sewer echoes the way Marius saw the world when he was in love with Cosette (p.385) and the way Eponine saw the world when in love with Marius (p. 453). [Sidenote: we considered why it was that, of all the things Eponine might talk about as she dies, she chooses to mention Marius' mirror.] We also considered why it was significant that Thenardier was the one who unwittingly saved Valjean from the sewers, and how this may be an expression of the divine justice which recompenses Valjean's noble behavior when held captive in the Jondrette's "den." We ended our discussion with a consideration of which elements of the hero's journey are present in the novel (see graphic on the following webpage http://mormonmatters.org/2013/09/17/192-the-heros-journey/).
Students worked to read the English Bill of Rights (Glorious Revolution Topic 5).
Homework:
- Les Miserables through p. 550.
- Respond to all the questions for Glorious Revolution Topic 5.
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