Before Fantine got a job on a factory owned by Valjean he asked her in a job interview if she had children and a husband. She lied and said she had no children or boyfriend. The truth was her ex-boyfriend had left her, but she had a child outside of wedlock. After working there a while one of her coworkers found out she had a child outside of wedlock and told Valjean it. He fired Fantine for both lying to him, having a child outside wedlock and for fucking around with people. She only cared about having a job to make money so she could take care of her daughter Corsette.
My Opinion: I understands why Valjean wanted to fire her because it was stupid of her having sex with her boyfriend before marriage and especially since there were a higher risk of him leaving when unmarried in addition to lying and doing stupid stuffs in the factory. But Fantine wanted to improve herself and take care of her child, so he should let her keep the job and she may have learned her lesson too. Adoption wasn't common at that time. Fantine did at least avoid both abortion and put the child in the wood to die, so the fact she wanted to follow ethical rules is enough that she deserved a second chance. Firing her would punish an innocent child too, not only Fantine. It was obviously not the child's fault her mother fucked around. #LesMiserable#Fantine#JeanValjean
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Wow, people have little sympathy with Valjean. Although he should keep in consideration she had a child that shouldn't be punished for her mother's mistake, it's still understandable he wanted to fire her. If Fantine just could keep her leg shut and obey the rules, this wouldn't be a problem. She should wait with sex until marriage. She wasn't a good mother either and didn't visit her kid often enough. Fantine was very dumb. It's easy to blame Valjean. She didn't have to lie or fuck around.
What do you think of Jean Valjean firing Fantine in the BBC-show?
Thought he was very judgmental and hypocritical of him considering his own past plus it wasn't even ture that she was a prostitute till after he fired her. But if you have never seen the film you won't know but he actually makes it up to her in the end
It's true she wasn't a prostitute at that time, but it was true she had fucked a guy before marriage and lied to Valjean about not having a child. She shouldn't be with that guy in the first time because when he didn't marry her, it was obviously a red flag he may leave her. Sex before marriage was often a red flag at that time.
But I'm agree he shouldn't fire her because she needed money to take care of her child and the child was innocent, so she shouldn't be punished for her mother's mistake. Firing the mother would affect the child negatively.
It was a different time so I would've lied too. Yes, it was stupid for Fantine to sleep with that man but it was also stupid and irresponsible for him to leave her. He had no right to fire her. That not only punishes Fantine but also Cosette.
I'm agree it was stupid of the guy to leave her, but sometimes relationships simply just doesn't work out as well and sometimes you change your minds when dating someone. You may or may not like them. I think Fantine should wait having sex with him until they were married at least. At that time it was less likely for separation if a couple was married. She could just tell him she didn't want to have sex before marriage when he asked.
Yes, it was silly of Valjean to fire Fantine. Cosette is innocent in all this and it's not her's fault her mother did a bad mistake.
He was an influential and rich guy, he would've found a way to leave her because he had money. He should've never allowed them to slip into poverty, he could've just sent them money. Again, he was a rich and entitled little shit but people question Fantine's decisions.
Employers shouldn’t be allowed to regulate when and how their employees have sex!! Especially when those rules often disproportionately affect females.
But she broke other rules too in the factory like lying. If she told him the truth, he had no reason to fire her. But since she lied and didn't follow the rule, he had the right to fire her. In addition she didn't only make the products she was supposed to do. She also made things for herself.
She wouldn't be fired if she was honest and followed the factory's rules. She choose to break them lying to her boss. She shouldn't do that because he needs to know the truth to be able to give her a properly salary.
Modern time is different than in the past. I'm talking of if what he did was okay or not considering the time he lived in. When watching a historical TV-show, you can choose between seeing something through modern eyes or thinking from the character's views.
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