You ever think about how Thenardier probably passed by the corpse of his son and daughter when he was looting the battlefield... and probably didn't really care 😭
Bahorel dies first because there is no place for rashness in war; it is a calculated act. Or at least it ought to be.
Prouvaire dies second because there is no place for romanticism in war; on a battlefield, there is only blood and smoke and pain.
Éponine dies third because there should be no place for love in war. There should not be. And yet.
Gavroche dies fourth because war has no mercy. She cares not for the lives she takes.
Joly, Bossuet, Feuilly, and Courfeyrac die fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth because one cannot fight against war for she walks hand in hand with death.
Combeferre dies ninth because there is no place for gentleness in war; it is every man for himself.
Enjolras and Grantaire die tenth and eleventh because, even so, despite it all, hope persists and so does love. From the embrace of all desolations faith leaps forth.
LES MIS LETTERS IN ADAPTATION - In Which Little Gavroche Extracts Profit from Napoleon the Great, LM 4.6.2 (Les Miserables 1972)
The child, in consternation, dismayed at the thought of mice which ate cats, pursued:—
“Sir, would those mice eat us?”
“Wouldn’t they just!” ejaculated Gavroche.
The child’s terror had reached its climax. But Gavroche added:—
“Don’t be afraid. They can’t get in. And besides, I’m here! Here, catch hold of my hand. Hold your tongue and shut your peepers!”
At the same time Gavroche grasped the little fellow’s hand across his brother. The child pressed the hand close to him, and felt reassured. Courage and strength have these mysterious ways of communicating themselves.