I wrote this late at night for a friend.
(No hate please! this is only interpritation)
We are all sinners, we are bound for much more than 19 years in prison. We have all broken the law- no man is perfect. Grace however can save us, as was exemplified in Jean Valjean's story.
The barricades is often a part of Les Mis that gets brushed over in the allegory, however the barricade has so many different levels of interpretation. The barricade can be thought of politically and religiously. I'm a huge political nerd, as everybody knows- but for my friend I'm writing my religious interpritation.
Life is the barricade, we are all at a constant spiritual warfare. There is a line where the amis are almost tricked into thinking the enemy will not attack. Likewise- many preachers and teachers make trick us into thinking spiritual warfare is not real. We need to keep being vigilant.
I saw Enjolras' and Marius' relationship as interesting. Enjolras I saw perhaps as somebody saved for a long time, he was always in the fight since he was young. Marius I saw as a new believer- he is gradually getting used to it, and is kind but very distracted. Enjolras never looked down upon Marius, he saw him as an equal.
The barricade was a fight to the death-- in the end however through all the struggles each of them lived in heaven.
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