Inciting incident

I like it when they give me a whole bunch of information on a character because for me it feels like I’m actually there next to the character. For me it feels like I’m their friend. It also gives you a strong surprise if they end up doing something that’s out of character. Like today we read about Jean Valjean stealing some silver ware from the pope. Jean came in the book and they dedicated a section in the book to him where it talked about how his time in jail started. I thought that Jean had changed or wasn’t like that because he was saying how he was innocent and then he stole silverware from the pope.