Victor Hugo Flashcards
Cosette
Fantines Daughter
- saved By Jean ValJean
- marries Marius
Jean Valjean
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- a prisoner who escaped parol and is hiding from Javert
- -he is helped by the Bishop
- -he becomes mayor and employs many people
- -he saves Fantines daughter Cosette from the Thernardiers
–let’s Javert go
Javert
The inspector
- always after JVJ
- he was let go by JVJ
- he kills himself
Fantine
Employed by Father Madeline (JVJ)
- pays the Thernardiers to watch her daughter
- -gets fired
- -prostitution
- -dies
Marius Pontmercy
He helps others
- he is a revolutionist
- fights in barricades
- saved by JVJ
- marries Cosette
Bishop Myriel
JVJ savior
- saves him from being arrested
- saves his soul
- makes him to be an honest man
Thernardiers
Scam artists
- run an inn
- assholes to Cosette
- money money money
- scams
Gillenormand
Marius’s ninety-year-old maternal grandfather. Gillenormand prevents Marius from seeing his father, Georges Pontmercy, because he fears that Pontmercy will corrupt Marius
Gavroche
Young revolutionary boy
- helps some children
- killed at barricades
Enjolras
The leader of the Friends of the ABC. Enjolras is a radical student revolutionary
Fauchelevent
Fauchelevent becomes indebted to Valjean when Valjean saves him from a carriage accident. When they meet again years later, Fauchelevent returns the favor by hiding Valjean and Cosette in a convent.
Chanpnathieu
A poor, uneducated man who unfortunately resembles Valjean so much that he is identified, tried, and almost convicted as Valjean
Eponine
She loves Marius
-she died for him in the barricade because she knew he didn’t love her
