ʻO ke kaulike o nā kāne, ke kaua, ka pōloli, ka cynicism o ka poʻe e nānā ʻē aʻe ... ʻO Jean valjean ʻeha ia, akā i ka manawa like e lele ai, kēlā mau ʻano pōpilikia āpau e pono ai i kahi keaka moʻokalaleo ke neʻe. ʻO ka ʻelemakule maikaʻi ʻo Jean ka meʻe, ma waena o nā pelapela pilikanaka i kū i ka kenekulia ʻumikūmāiwa kahi e kū ai ka moʻolelo, akā ʻo ia ka mea i ʻike ʻia i kekahi manawa mōʻaukala ʻē aʻe. No laila ka mimicry maʻalahi me kēia ʻano no nā puke ākea.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai aku iā Les Miserables, ka puke nui na Víctor Hugo, ma aneʻi, i kahi pahu nui.
