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What principles does the miserable world teach us?

Les Miserables teaches us:

1. Good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil.

Analysis: Although it has gone through many tribulations, in the end the truth was revealed. The kind people gained true happiness, while the ugly and greedy people got their retribution. At the same time, in the whole process, we saw the ugliness and unfairness of society at that time. Good people made a small mistake. Although they reformed, no one was willing to give them a chance, so they suffered; and the hypocritical "hypocrite" "And selfish and greedy people do evil; but fortunately, the author left us a miserable world, but did not leave us a tragic ending. Those who seek justice, those who seek love... all find happiness in the end.

2. The world needs "equality, fraternity, and peace."

Analysis: Once again, I was shocked by the tremendous power of human nature. May there be more bright messengers like bishops around us, may they always guard the compassionate hearts in people's hearts like pure angels, and hope that more people can join the ranks of those who are willing to help others and act bravely when they see justice. . Society needs such people, the world needs such people. Only in this way can we create our lives and create a kind, harmonious and bright world.

Introduction to "Les Misérables":

"Les Misérables" is Hugo's masterpiece, which exposes the sharp contradictions and the gap between rich and poor in capitalist society, and describes the painful fate of the lower class people. , raised three urgent issues in society at that time: "Poverty makes men miserable, hunger makes women degraded, and darkness makes children weak," and fiercely attacked the hypocrisy of bourgeois laws. It comprehensively reflects the social and political life of France in the first half of the 19th century. The plot of the novel is roughly as follows:

Jean Valjean, a poor worker from a peasant background, once saw his sister's children crying from hunger, so he went to steal bread. Unfortunately, he was caught and sentenced to 5 years. years in prison. He escaped from prison several times, was caught, and was sentenced to an additional 14 years in prison. As a result, he spent 19 years in prison for a piece of bread. After being released from prison, Jean Valjean was looked down upon by people everywhere. He had no job and no food. He vowed to take revenge on society. At this time, a bishop named Miriam influenced him, and he determined to do good deeds and become a good person.

He changed his name to Madeleine, set up a factory in a city, and became a rich man. He provided employment opportunities for poor people, gave them food, and gave them houses. He was always willing to help others and was elected as mayor by the citizens. At this time, a girl named Mang Ding came to the city. She was originally a rural girl who went to work in the city and was tricked into giving birth to a daughter. She fostered her daughter Cosette in the home of an innkeeper. The boss was a villain and took the opportunity to blackmail her. Mountain was forced to sell her beautiful hair and teeth, and then sold herself as a prostitute. In the end, she was poor and dying of illness. Agen immediately went to take care of her after hearing about it and promised to raise her daughter Cosette after her death.

At this time, policeman Javert was hunting down the slave laborer Jean Valjean who had been missing for many years. In the city of Madeleine, he caught a poor worker, thinking he was Jean Valjean, and was about to send him to prison. , in order to save this innocent worker, Jean Valjean stepped forward and proactively admitted his identity. He fell into the hands of the police again, and on the way to prison he managed to escape. Jean Valjean immediately found Cosette and took her to hide in a remote monastery. Years later, Cosette has grown into a beautiful girl. She fell in love with Marius, a communist. In 1832, an uprising led by the Communists and the Party broke out in Paris, which was bloody suppressed by the July Monarchy. Marius was seriously injured, and Jean Valjean risked his life to rescue him through the sewer. At this time, Javert sneaked into the rebel team for reconnaissance, and was sentenced to death after being caught. Jean Valjean went to execute the order and shoot Javert, but Jean Valjean let Javert go. Javert was so ashamed in front of Jean Valjean's noble personality that he committed suicide by throwing himself into the river. Cosette and Marius got married, and the young people were very happy. Jean Valjean lived a lonely life, and finally he died in Cosette's arms.