How does following quotation from the first paragraph of the excerpt use vivid imagery to develop Jean Valjean's character?

"Like an owl, who should suddenly sees the sun rise, the convict had been dazzled and blinded, as it were, by virtue."

A) The use of figurative language signifies the shift in the author's tone in reference to Valjean's character.

B) By comparing Valjean to an owl, the author is symbolizing his desire to change & escape the darkness of life.

C) The contrast of light and dark makes the reader think Valjean will begin a life of crime, different from the virtuous man he was.

D) Like the owl, Valjean has begun to commit his crimes at night.

Les Misérables is set in the Parisian black market. The hero, Jean Valjean, is condemned to jail for a long time for taking a portion of bread. After his discharge, Valjean plans to loot Monseigneur Myriel, a saintlike minister, yet drops his arrangement. Be that as it may, he relinquishes his parole by carrying out a minor wrongdoing, and for this wrongdoing Valjean is spooky by the police monitor Javert. Valjean in the long run changes and winds up under the name of M. Madeleine an effective agent, promoter, and civic chairman of a northern town. To spare a guiltless man, Valjean surrenders himself and is detained in Toulon.

He escapes and receives Cosette, an ill-conceived offspring of a poor lady, Fantine. Cosette grows up and begins to look all starry eyed at Marius, who is injured amid a progressive battle. Valjean salvages Marius by methods for a trip through the sewers of Paris. Cosette and Marius wed and Valjean uncovers his past.