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Les Mis Javert quote question?

okay, in les mis, when jean valjean and javert meet at the barricade and javert thinks valjean is going to kill him, javert says, "how right you should kill with a knife." can someone explain this to me? what is the significance of the knife?

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  • Cogito
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    A knife was the weapon of common criminals.

    Rifles (guns) were used by soldiers.

    His point was that Valjean is nothing but a common thief, as he had always thought.

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