Javert Giving Marius Pistols can be found in the Brick at: 3.8.14
Marius' Three Day Cutlet Diet can be found in the Brick at: 3.5.1
PROPOGANDA:
Javert Gives Marius Two Pistols:
"here, young fellow, you reported a possible crime and therefore I shall just give you these guns to shoot as a signal. i will never follow up on this"
It's just absolutely wild in my opinion that some random law student comes into the police station and tells Javert about a crime, and Javert's like "Okay, you'll be useful. Take my two pistols" Especially because for purposes of the plan, he really only needs one. What is your train of thought here, Javert? Why are you giving firearms to a strange 20-something who you've never seen before?
There came a moment in Marius’ life, when he swept his own landing, when he bought his sou’s worth of Brie cheese at the fruiterer’s, when he waited until twilight had fallen to slip into the baker’s and purchase a loaf, which he carried off furtively to his attic as though he had stolen it.
So here we get yet another look at what poverty means. This novel is, in many ways, a study in the different ways poverty can manifest. We started with Myriel, whose poverty was saintly, then moved to Fantine, whose poverty was a betrayal by society and therefore wretched. The nuns are at once holy and wretched, the gamins are poor but free, and now Marius is finding poverty edifying. And these are all shades of the same thing, obviously, in that it’s all centering around deprivation and not having enough, but the circumstances differentiate each case and assign different meanings to each one.
And one of the crucial differences that separates out purifying poverty (Myriel, Marius) from wretched poverty (Fantine, the gamins), the dirty little secret, is that those for whom poverty is mostly a character building experience have an out. Myriel could take his salary and use it for himself. Marius could take the money his grandfather offers him and improve his quality of life. They have both chosen not to, but that out is still there.
And here’s the thing. I am not the most qualified person to talk about poverty, as someone who has never been poor, but I am qualified to talk about being currently low income but with a safety net, which is basically where Marius falls. Sure, he doesn’t want to use it, but it’s there. And it’s a stressful position to be in, sure, but it’s not at all the same kind of stress as knowing that there is literally nothing to catch you. Marius would rather starve than go back to his grandfather’s, because he’s Marius. Fantine has literally no other option than to starve. And this is why Marius is able to use his poverty as a character building experience and Fantine gets ground up and spat out. Because he doesn’t have the constant stress of utter desperation, the certainty that there is no way out pressing on him at every moment.
Not to discount Marius’ suffering! Chosen or not, destitution isn’t easy, and he’s definitely working hard and suffering a lot during this period of his life! Hugo frames it in a very noble, Suffering Makes You Strong way, but it’s still suffering. It’s just a different context for that suffering, and one which allows Marius to be poor without becoming one of the miserables.
These chapters show us a portrait of Marius’ self-inflicted poverty. And Hugo wants us to think that his poverty is heroic, which sort of does go against the whole idea of people being trapped in poverty and unable to escape from it and how society needs to do better, statement. Marius can escape from it whenever he wants, all he needs to do is accept his aunt’s money while still being mad at his grandfather.
On one hand, this is very reminiscent of Fantine in poverty, Hugo praises these characters for making the best out of the worst circumstances, even though Fantine’s poverty was out of her power to fix though she still tried her best to actively make it work by sewing as much as she could and living in a tiny room. There’s a very big difference between real crushing poverty like Fantine’s and temporarily not having enough money to live on like Marius and I do wish that Hugo had made that distinction much clearer.
On the other hand, this also feels very reminiscent of the Petit-Picpus nuns enduring hardships voluntarily to reap rewards. And here too, there is a focus on how good it has been to develop character, with the whole ‘great feats are performed in small struggles.’
I do have to maybe give Marius a little credit for being so young and trying to make the best out of his circumstances and finishing law school (oh no, Bossuet, Bahorel and Courfeyrac would have been so disappointed in him for qualifying as a lawyer :P).
Marius’ whole experience of poverty, however, is also wrapped in shame, he feels shame whenever buying meat and clothing himself always in mourning, whereas Fantine’s poverty was long-lasting so she quickly had to get rid of the shame that came with it. It’s also why there is such a contrast between Marius and Bossuet when they first met, Bossuet has learned to adapt very well to his circumstances of being out of luck money wise. Marius has not and is also too proud to seek more help than the basic from Courfeyrac. Courfeyrac continues to be a great friend however, and does not interfere or push Marius because he knows him well.
Marius sends a letter to Gillenormand who is angry but also it seems like he cares about Marius underneath, but I personally could not care less about Gillenormand and his feelings. Marius is bitter towards his grandfather and maybe that bitterness echoes how Valjean and Fantine also felt, Valjean in prison, Fantine during her poverty and prostitution years was bitter towards Monsieur Madeleine. I still really like Aunt Gillenormand for continuing to send six hundred francs to Marius, she does possess a kind spirit towards Marius, I wish they had had a chance to be close and friendly with each other.
3.5.2
Marius works so hard at translating the languages that somehow, he is able to come out of his poverty quickly. I do find it interesting that as a bourgeois, Marius might not even have looked at other professions that would have been beneath his class. More examples of Marius being a bourgeois include him paying money to have someone sweep his floor, and also eating out frequently, instead of cooking food himself, while living on an annual rent of 30 francs in the Gorbeau House and by all purposes, trying to save money.
For someone trying to save money, he spends way too much on food and household chores, twenty sous every day plus thirty six sous for housekeeping, is a lot, when cheaper alternatives are available and he could so easily sweep his floor and do his own laundry. He lives like a bourgeois student and still manages to save money, he isn’t even earning a lot through his translation, 700 francs a year does not seem much, Feuilly is earning more.
I want to feel something towards Marius for never contracting a debt but mostly, I keep thinking how much he really does not have to live like that, and I end up feeling very little sympathy for The Pontmercy, especially since it highlights that he might be terribly judgey to other people who may have to borrow money to climb out of their circumstances, which is so many levels of nope, Marius what are you doing?
In the midst of everything, Marius finds a new goal, that of finding Thenardier and making amends to him as per his father’s memory. This highlights another of his attributes of his blind devotion/adoration to people. He attaches himself to Thenardier for the sake of his father, while coming across as rude to everyone else due to his shyness and thinking that poverty can make you low-minded? What the heck, Marius? Why are you like this?
3.5.3
This chapter wants me to care about Gillenormand, because as Hugo tells us, underneath it all, he really cares for his grandson, which yeah, that’s not going to work on me, especially since his adoration is harsh words and physical abuse, which has bound to have had an effect on Marius growing up in the household and being who he is (You cannot make me care about Gillenormand, Hugo, I hope Gillenormand continuously steps on legos for his entire life, I hate him so much).
Marius’ anger towards his grandfather melts away and he finds that comparing his hardships to his father shows that his father suffered all through his life and he might like Marius for suffering and enduring hardships, which also highlights how much Marius does not know his father. He expressly would not want you to suffer, the whole point of him giving you up to live with your grandfather was because he did not want you to suffer, why are you like this, Marius?
Maybe not having money in his youth he is saved from becoming an idle young man of property, like Tholomyes and Bamatabois, who have so much money to live on and are major nuisances to everyone, as Hugo mentions in this chapter but I still cannot feel anything with Hugo emphasising how good poverty is for the soul and how it makes you reflective. Hugo’s class bias is so much visible here, just no.
Also, what contemplation is he even supposed to do, he is dreamy, yes, but his contemplation is just that it is ‘good to be poor’, instead of it filling him with a sense of injustice against how many people have to live in poverty from which they cannot escape and coming to the amis point of view.
His dreaminess, I would counter, prevents him from such a reflection. He does not see people around him because he is so caught up in his own thoughts and reflections. It is obvious he has spent so little time with the amis. And he also rejects an offer of work for the sake of having enough time to dream, on one hand Hugo is saying work is noble, on the other hand, Marius is rejecting work with good pay, to have more time to dream and therefore live in ‘noble poverty’?
He is on good terms with the amis but only considers that he has two good friends, Courfeyrac and M. Mabeuf. We shall learn more about M. Mabeuf in the next chapter. Hugo wants me to have more sympathy for Marius and his ways than I continue to do.
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