{"id": "card_n_b780b795f2d6", "kind": "note", "title": "Jean Valjean", "body": "Convict released after nineteen years for stealing bread; steals silver from a bishop who has shown him hospitality; caught, the bishop tells the police he gave the silver freely and adds the candlesticks; the mercy reorders the man for life; relentlessly hunted by Javert, he saves enemies and adopts an orphan; dies forgiven.\n\nFailure mode: Was caught in the act and did not deserve the mercy.\n\nRestoration path: Receive a mercy that does not fit you; let it reorder the rest of your life.\n\nMarkers: released hardened; accepted hospitality, betrayed it; mercy worth more than the theft; reorders the entire life; saves the persecutor\n\n— Jean Valjean, Hugo, Les Misérables (Literature)", "source": {"label": "Archetype — Literature", "url": "", "ref": "Hugo, Les Misérables", "authority_tier": "reference"}, "shelf": "reference", "box": "archetypes", "bands": ["archetype", "converted", "literature"], "connections": [], "author": "engine", "created_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "surface": "secular", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 0, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "source_hash": "8f9fd7b0ebba25b7d592dc1ece334d4fa57f132ab9c77ef3b3dd9e8453446994"}