Fantine is one of the tragic figures in Les Misérables. She was a victim of circumstance rather than fault of her own. She was an abandoned child who as a young woman, fell in love with someone who took advantage of her but left her when she became pregnant. She was forced to leave her infant daughter with a disreputable innkeeper and his spouse who constantly extort money from her claiming that the daughter needs things. She lost her factory job and had to sell her hair and her teeth and finally can do nothing but prostitution. She became ill and she died yet while still alive she sang these words. "I had a dream my life would be so different from this hell I’m living, so different now from what it seemed. Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.”
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| FANTINE, as played by Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables, and drawn by artist, Victoria Sulbaran Vera. |
People dream dreams when they are younger and today those dreams have vanished? People make choices and investments that prove to be unwise? Sometimes people love someone and lose because that love is not returned? Some are mistreated and fight the injustice only to be disappointed at the outcome? Wouldn’t it be helpful if someone could provide wise counsel either before or following these experiences? It would be beneficial if God had a word for us.
I’ll share more in a day or two.
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