Jean Valjean is a dynamic character because he changes throughout the story. He changes because in the beginning of the story he steals silver from the bishop and then realizes that what he did was wrong. Another reason that made him realize and change who he really is, was Petit Gervais. A last thing that made Jean Valjean change is Cosette. Jean Valjean started changing when the bishop was helping him from getting arrested, and started to reflect on what he was doing wrong. On chapter XII, The Bishop Works, it states that, " We came across him. He was walking like a man who is running away. We stopped him to look into the matter. He had this silver--." This means to me that Jean Valjean stole the silver because he needed to keep his family from starving. This helps him later reflect on everything he had done wrong and will soon find out that stealing causes even more problems. Another reason why I think Jean Valjean is a dynamic cha