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Jean Valjean As Depicted In 'The Kite Runner'

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“Monsieur, a serious... a grave violation of the public trust has been committed. An inferior has shown a complete lack of respect for the law. He must be exposed and punished. “ Javert thought that since Jean Valjean broke the law that he should be punished and never given another chance. The ways that Javert and the Bishop looked at Jean Valjean is the same way that society would look at someone and determine if their civilized or barbaric. In the Kite Runner, Hassan had to go through the same thing that Jean Valjean had to go through. Hassan had to change who he was in order to fit into what
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