Ironic

Well, for the past two months I have been reading Les Miseables in my World Lit class. For a nerd like me who loves to read, I was thinking I should probably like this book.WRONG. I just didn't like all the character changes and the fact that I had to memorize like 20 different characters. Well, now I'm working on a 6 page essay on this book, and I was expecting to hate it. WRONG!

My essay is about how Victor Hugo, the author, uses the character Jean Valjean to symbolize Jesus Christ.  

(Jean Valjean)

I chose this topic because it became obvious to me that Jean Valjean was representing Christ  at the end of the novel when he  was dying willingly because it was God's will.  Well while I have been working on my essay I have been studying the actions and words of Jean Valjean, I have come to realize how beautiful this story is, Victor Hugo artfully ties Valjean to Christ, with instances of paying money for a little girl to be able to have free time and play, to him helping a poor woman, who is down on her luck, get out of the business of prostitution. Similar to Jesus Christ forgiving the adultrous women of her sins.

I find it very ironic that by writting a dreaded and long essay (9 pages!)I have learned to love a book that I was hating.