Les Miserables Stars

Running Head : Path of the Stars

Path of the Stars

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Path of the Stars

The song Stars ' from the musicale Les Miserables is sung by Inspector Javert near the end of Act I when he realized that it was Jean Valjean whom he had helped escape from the group of Thenardier Inspector Javert is a rather curious character . A good characterization of him is well laid-out in the novel . However , in the musicale version only

snippets of Javert 's personality can be gleamed when observed carefully . Stars ' may not be one of the internationally renowned songs from musicale like I Dreamed a Dream ' and On My Own , but it offers a good insight into the way Inspector Javert sees himself as a law-enforcement agent , law-breakers like Jean Valjean , and his obsession , bordering on madness , in the pursuit of law-breakers especially Jean Valjean , to face justice

Javert 's sees himself as one of the stars , filling the darkness with order and light .sentinels , silent and sure , keeping watch in the night ' He sees himself as an unobtrusive individual in society keeping the order and standing as a vanguard of peace always on the watch . He is always there to maintain the peace in society . He believes that each of us , like the stars , knows his proper place and function in society and those who stray from their fixed and sure paths law-breakers and fugitives , must pay the price...