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 In this chapter Mademoiselle Baptistine is more interactive with Jean. She is being kinder to Jean and gave him the skin to keep warm at night. Other than this I didn't really have anything stick out to me.

 

In this chapter I really admired the bishop for his kindness. Even though Jean was a "criminal" and got turned everywhere he went, the bishop still found it in his heart to help him out. And I have to say I wasn't really surprised at his actions. As for the rest like the Maid having hidden away the expensive utensils due to her suspicions of the criminal, there was no real conflict between them. What really made be feel bad was that Jean was still surprised by how kind a single individual can be, and was surprised that he himself was still kid to those around him despite being hated and depieced.

 First off I want to say thanks you to those of who took the time to read my posts. I find it funny to see how you all had similar experiences and feeling about this quarantine and being around your family for to long for your own well being.

 Everything seems to be in suspense. The door was tightly secured even though the bishop doesn't prioritize security. Mademoiselle Baptistine was still being cautious and trying to convince the Bishop to put a lock on the door as to keep them safe from whatever they where supposed to be afraid of. Everyone seems to be on edge or waiting for something to happen and it it clearly shown from the bishops actions in this chapter.

 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.

 Both Les Mis and the French Revolution had a large majority of people in it in poverty. The French Revolution being a time of extreme poverty and Les Mis having portrayed many examples of a poverty stricken community. Another connection between the French Revolution and Les Mis is Napoleon as he appears in both of them. Even though we barely read about him in the book so far he does have a bigger role in the French Revolution.