Inspector Javert, Victor Hugo’s fictional antihero, stands on the parapet. Below him, the swirling River Seine beckons. He hesitates, then… steps forward. What happens next? Does he cease to exist. Does he find life on the other side of life as we know it here on Earth? If he does what sort of existence awaits Javert on that “other side”? Alfred J. Garrotto offers his own insight into what might have come next for Javert.
“Javert’s the antagonist, but he really believes, from a moral perspective, that he’s doing the right thing. His job is to keep order. In his mind, he is doing something incredibly noble and heroic.” —David Oyewolo, Inspector Javert in the BBC television series, Les. Quoted by Bridget McManus, The Sydney (Australia) Morning News Herald, June 13, 2020
