[<20點>] 孤星淚 故事簡介(中譯英)

Les Miserables - Brief Summary

During the French revolution, the economy and living conditions were poor and the political system unstable.The main character of the story - Jean Valjean, was released from jail after serving 19 years for stealing bread to feed his starving nephew, and had become increasingly angry and bitter at the society that rejected him. By chance, he went into a church and was well treated by the seventy some year old BIshop M.Myriel. However, he commited a crime again by stealing the bishop's silverware. The kind M.Myriel not only did not report him to the police, but also covered up for him. This incident touched Jean Valjean's heart and he vowed to change to be a good person. He moved to another town and assumed the name of Madeleine. After a lot of hardwork and persistance, he had advanced from an ordinary man, to become the mayor of the town. During that time he met Fantine, a factory worker, and fell in love with her. Unfortunately, fate claimed her young life. Before she died, she asked and Jean Valjean promised, to bear the responsibility of raising her illegitimate daughter, Cosette. At the same time, police inspector Javert was acting like a demon, wanting to expose the fact that Madeleine was Jean Valjean.

Jean Valjean had to constantly elude Javert's tracking, and after endless effort and difficulty, managed to raise Cosette to adulthood. Cosette and a young revolutionist called Marious became lovers, and later got married. However, when Marious found out Jean Valjean's real past, he dispised and rejected him, and at this point the play had come to its climax, highlighting Jean Valjean's miserable life. He had committed crimes, but he was punished by going to jail, and had tried his best to compensate, to help others, including the police inspector Javert, despite years of hostility. Still, society judged Jean Valjean cruelly, according to his past mistakes.

2010-06-23 14:38:32 補充：
*** continued here from answer (002) due to size restriction there.

Nevertheless, in the end Inspector Javert was so ashamed of what he did to Jean Valjean that he committed suicide by jumping into the river.

2010-06-23 14:39:13 補充：
Marius and his wife also finally unstood the sacrifices Jean Valjean had made, and the good deeds he had done.

2010-06-23 14:39:36 補充：
Unfortunately Jean Valjean had at that point reached the end of his life, but he passed away with a smile, in the company of his adopted daughter and her husband.

2010-06-23 14:39:57 補充：
When a person can turn around from his mistakes and started helping others, he truly has inspired the rest of us to respect and learn from him. The Chinese proverb says: "No deed is greater than acknowledging one's mistake and correcting it.". How true it is !

2010-06-23 14:40:59 補充：
see opinion 001 to 004 for the rest of it.

2010-06-24 10:22:50 補充：
despise

French Revolution, the economic livelihood, and political turmoil, the nephew for stealing bread to fill their stomachs and still Wah Sang actor in prison, after release from prison after 19 years of his sentence, not to be accepted by the world, make it even more cynical, he occasionally came to a church by more than 70 years old Mill courtesy of Bishop, but he once again committed the offense of theft of silverware, but the Mill in compassion, not only did not denounce him, and also for him to conceal the facts, which Shang Hua Sang deeply moved, he resolves to turn over a new leaf, to emigrate, the renamed million Dream, worked hard, gone from the civilian population became mayor, during the Shang Hua Sang encounter factory workers Fontaine, and fell in love her Unfortunately, Unlucky, Fontaine dying Tuogu, China san still responsible for the care Fontaine illegitimate daughter Gesite responsibility, the other side is like a devil police officer Javert, to expose 10 000 Dream is still the truth Wah Sang.



Shang Hua Sang avoid Javert constantly declining time tracking, arduous journey in the next, gradually raising the Gesite adults Gesite young horse with the revolutionary stream disabilities became couple, later became his wife, but when Ma Shi noted that the flow is still Hua Sang past tense, but find it too, and squeezed him, thus pushing the peak of drama, Wah Sang yet tragic life, despite a crime, but the prison has received deserved punishment, and redemption to the exclusion of what they can do to help others, also return good for evil help Javert police, but unfortunately the secular vision of the past yet still relentless criticism of the offense, the final Javert shame to run away himself, Ma Shi-wife also understand that the flow is still made to pay all great, but still has come to life, China san end, the adopted daughter, accompanied by his wife, with tears of joy dies, died.



A person who can make mistakes from good to evil; turn over a new l