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Redemption In Les Miserables

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Redemption Redemption is a patterned journey, failure or betrayal, consequences and the Road of Redemption. The characters in fables and in life, inspired from their failures to go and prove themselves worthy. The end goal of redemption is worthiness, is what they are trying to acclaim. It appears as the main theme in literature, film, and other art forms including Tom Brady’s 5th super bowl ring, which was a road of redemption. In the book Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, the main character Jean Valjean imprisoned for years after trying to steal food for his ill sister. He says, “[His knees suddenly bent under him, as if an invisible power suddenly overwhelmed him with the weight of his bad conscience; he fell exhausted . . . and cried …show more content…

The Testament explains the history of redemption and where it comes from. In the Old ;Testament. The 3 Hebrew words describe redemption. Pada verb: which is “a legal term about the substitution required for the person or animal delivered.” The key word in the definition is substitution. By doing something wrong and making up for it on is substituting the bad with good. The next word, Gaal: “ is the term for the person who performed the duties of "redeemer." This term is found eighteen times in the Old Testament (13 times in Isaiah) showing the magnitude that redemption has in religion. It was the duty of a man's redeemer, usually his next of kin, to even back the freedom that he had lost.” This word is used to describe archetypal characteristics in stories, and the job of man. Stories like Moses and Sampson where they have failed, but gone back to buy back their freedom or retrieve it. The last word in the Old Testament is, Kapar: “is to cover. To cover sin, atone, or make expiation are associated meanings. The substantive koper [r,poK] (ransom) is of interest in that it signifies a price paid for a life that has become forfeit”. The price or sacrifice to become better/ enlighten, to rise above a lesser humanity. These verbs are the evidence that display the history and the description of what redemption is. Each word means apart in …show more content…

Haunted from losing the ones that he loved, Max gets set in this huge adventure across the desert of Australia. By helping Furiosa and the wives escape from Immortan Joe, he starts his path to find

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