We live in a world where everything can drastically change in a blink of an eye and we sometimes don’t realize some doors close so others can open. This is exactly what occurred to Marius in the famous novel Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. This novel takes place in France during the early 1900’s, this was a time in which France was experiencing drastic social and political changes. This turbulent period is reflected in the novel and its traumatic climax and characters. The main character in the novel is an ex convict named Jean Valjean. The story narrates how after nineteen years incarcerated Jean is finally able to escape the galleys and turn his evil life into a life full of good deeds. As an act of redemption and a goodhearted impulse Jean promises a dying old lady to rescue and take care of her only child named Cosette. Cosette is under the possession of a horrid family called the Thénardiers, they constantly degrade and treat Cosette as an inferior individual. After Jean rescues and raises Cosette as her own daughter Cosette meets the love of her life, Marius. Marius is a man who grew up in an economically stable family but in a vivid argument with his powerful grandfather about their diverse political views he decides to leave the house and begging his new journey as a free man. “Marius went away without saying where he was going, and without knowing where he was going, with thirty francs, his watch, and a few clothes in a carpet bag” (Hugo 180)
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