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This heartbreaking story of redemption and forgiveness has, at its core, a message about the conflict between justice and mercy as appropriate responses to mistakes and wrongdoings. In this episode, we turn the tables and assert that these principles of justice and mercy are actually in harmony, not conflict, and the typical assignments of Javert as the representative of justice and Jean Val Jean as the representative of mercy are incorrect.
This heartbreaking story of redemption and forgiveness has, at its core, a message about the conflict between justice and mercy as appropriate responses to mistakes and wrongdoings. In this episode, we turn the tables and assert that these principles of justice and mercy are actually in harmony, not conflict, and the typical assignments of Javert as the representative of justice and Jean Val Jean as the representative of mercy are incorrect.