Les Miserables Victor Hugo was correct. Books like Les Miserables that reveal the corruption and evils of society will never be useless to us. The poverty of man still surrounds us today, over 100 years after Les Miserables was written. Poverty still pollutes the cities of America. One of Victor Hugo's main reasons for writing Les Miserables was to help people recognize that not everyone is as well off as they could be. Hugo showed the …showed first 75 words of 2287 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2287 total…there is a need for books like Les Miserables in our current society. As you can see there are real life people like the character Jean Valjean who help the less fortunate lead better lives. Les Miserables shows us the evils of society. After we identify the problems such as the poverty of man, starvation of women, and dwarfing of childhood, we can then begin to make our world a better place to live in.