Let us discuss! Here are prompts for all the chapters read this week. Let these questions inspire your discussion but don't feel limited!

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1. Do you think the National Guard rushed the barricade simply because they saw their own troops as disposable? Why else might they have chosen to do so?
   
2. Our characters seem to see only glimpses of hope. To those unfamiliar, where do you think our characters will end up if the rebellion fails?
   
3. Things continue to turn worse for Les Amis except for moments of hope. Do you have any predictions on what happens next, especially given the last line?
   
4. Were there any instances of figurative language you thought added to the narrative of this chapter?
   
5. Hugo uses the power of his description to plan out scenes we can hear, smell, and walk around in using our imagination. Using imagery as a tool he explains characters and their situations in a way we can understand it. Doing this allows us to see in a clear view what it means to be human, we reject the weakness and vulnerability in ourselves and because we have more we find the other human being unworthy for having less.
   
6. There was a somber tone when reading about the black shawl covering the Mabeuf and Gavroche, the old and the young. These are the two most vulnerable to the wrongdoings of the rich. The people left in the barricade are living until they die if they win before then that would be best.
   
7. The men in the barricade are unified under a single cause, 'brothers in arms'. There is no sense of who has and who does not. They move like a sinuglar breath.
8. Any other thoughts?