LES MIS TODAY

 A connection of Les Mis to todays day and age would be poverty. This is mostly due to covid/lockdown and the inability of people not being able to work due to it. In Les Mis we can clearly see the poverty within the community. Another connection made would be higher ups attitude towards the poor and civilians. Like in Les Mis where one of  the characters the Bishop was talking too immediately was gloating about how the rest are inferiors to him and why they shouldn't have anything, people in our society do the same and it could be seen mostly in discrimination or oppression. For example the BLM movement was to protest against this. Religion is also a connection that can be made, or much rather the importance in religion. The bishops position is greatly seen in Les Mis as something of importance and is high on the social hierarchy scale. People however in our time use religion as a weopon at times due to how powerful it can be, as many people put a great importance in it.

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