Grantaire plays a very small role in planning the ficticious June Rebellion. He is not an official member of the Friends of the ABC but is always present, usually intoxicated. He stays because of his admiration and veneration of Enjolras. Enjolras and Grantaire are compared to Orestes and Pylades as one cannot not come without the other. Grantaire is used as the narrative foil of Enjolras. On the day of the rebellion, Grantaire is unconscious from drink and wakes up only when Enjolras is about to be executed. Grantaire walked in front of the firing squad calling, "Vive la République," or "Long Live the Republic," and dies with him.