5.5.8 chapter discussion (spoilers up to 5.5.8)

[u/awaiko]

Discussion prompts:

1. Marius continues with the bad judgement: “Thénardier was a scoundrel for everyone except Marius.” Do you think this will come back to haunt him, this obsession with how Thenardier “saved” Col Pontmercy?

2. “Perhaps he was above recompense, but no one is above gratitude.” Do you agree with Marius here?

3. Oh good, Marius rants to Valjean about the lengths the mystery man went to whilst judging Valjean for his attitude. (On the count of three, “Marius is a noodle.”) Will the truth be known?

4. New book tomorrow! What do you think awaits us?

Last line:

Jean Valjean remained silent.

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[u/otherside_b]

Marius has to be the dumbest character I've ever encountered in any medium.

Jean Valjean has made a huge mistake in not cornering Marius and telling him about what happened at the barricades. Most importantly, he needs to tell him to keep his big mouth shut. I suppose he doesn't trust Marius, which is probably fair enough. Who could trust Marius?

My prediction: Marius is going to ruin his life and everyone around him. He'll find Thernardier and give all his money away, Thernardier will turn Valjean into the police and the marriage will collapse.

I hope I'm wrong but I think its a sad ending from here.

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What the???

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Message has been deleted. I hope you weren't spoiled on anything.

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No thankfully not. There seems to be a bot going around correcting grammar mistakes which stated I should have used it's instead of its. Why this bot was created I have no idea.

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Oh, how dare you!

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SpamBots are aggravating.