JAVERT
Javert
Javert is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables. He is a police official whose responsibilities increase in the course of the novel. The narrator and the novel's other characters refer to him as "Javert" or "Inspector Javert". Hugo does not give him a first name. Javert serves, along with Thénardiers, as one of the two opposite nemeses of the novel's principal character, Jean Valjean. Javert represents the justice system that would punish Valjean, while the Thénardiers represent the lawless subculture of society that would blackmail him. When Valjean saves his life, Javert finds ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Javert
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