“The light of the unknown world was already visible in his eyes”, (397) this light was seen through the eyes of Jean Valjean as he approached death. This light symbolizes the goodness of the bishop and God's love for him. When he saw this light, he knew he was ready for his journey to Heaven. The story of Les Miserables is full of themes of grace, mercy and redemption as seen through Javert and Jean Valjean. Javert is very committed to the possibility of righteousness and the denial of transformation and the possibility of spiritual redemption. He tells Valjean, “Men like you can never change,” (72), which turned out to be one of his many basic principles. Children raised as strongly evangelical have been trained in the opposition between law and grace. When Javert says, “My duty is to the law; you have no rights,” (104) is well defined as a lost soul who is trying to earn salvation through submission to God's law because he has not believed in Christ. God has zero tolerance for lawbreaking, as does Javert. Jesus sacrificed his life for our sins, so a criminal must accept...