Eponine has been created to portray starvation of man by poverty in many ways. First of all she starved many of her basic necessities, but she mostly starved friendship. Friends were never abundant in Eponine’s life. Her family wasn’t as any normal middle class family. When Eponine and her sister were small, her parents were trying to become rich off of the wrong things. They were greedy and spent too much time stealing from others, to dedicate enough time on them. Eponine starved for friends due to her childhood life. She just wished to have someone to talk to; “… without a hope, without a friend, without a face to say hello too…” (On My Own). This demonstrates that she is on her own. Eponine has no one there for her, so that she can talk to. She also starved love. She starved for someone that would love her back. She fell in love with Marius, but he was deeply in love with someone else. “Why regret what could not be” (song Heart Full Of love). This quote takes place when Marius is confessing his love to Cosette and Eponine is listening to him.She realizes that she shouldn’t regret what was not meant to be. She knew that their love couldn’t happen because of his feelings toward Cosette. Her failure in social life is due to the bad example she got from her family. He parents weren’t there for her when she most needed them.