To: Dr. Sivana
True - however was it adapted from a book? Just saying that LM is just too happy. Completely misses the point of the book.
49 posted on
12/17/2012 11:06:23 AM PST by
SkyDancer
(Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
To: SkyDancer
Just saying that LM is just too happy. Completely misses the point of the book. Everyone dies, except Marius, Cosette, and the Thenardiers. That's about as happy an ending as Hamlet. ;)
More seriously, the main story is about the redemption of Jean Valjean, set against the misery of post-restoration France. Why should the ending not be uplifting? In the end, Valjean is fully redeemed and dies practically a saint, after being a hardened criminal to start.
57 posted on
12/17/2012 11:20:55 AM PST by
kevkrom
(If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs...)
To: SkyDancer
True - however was it adapted from a book?
It was adapted from a play, "Liliom". The setting was moved from Budapest to Maine.
58 posted on
12/17/2012 11:27:39 AM PST by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: SkyDancer
“Just saying that LM is just too happy”
I’m not sure how you got that impression. It’s a tragic & very poignant story with a kind of happy ending.
You’re really misinformed if you think it’s “too happy”.
66 posted on
12/17/2012 11:43:01 AM PST by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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