Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Charles Darnay paragraph

           This picture here is Charles Darnay from A Tale of Two Cities. He is a character that was first seen in court when he was accused of something. Darnay got out of that predicament but he still is pretty suspicious because the way Dickens characterizes him. There are not many ways in which the author characterizes Darney. Here are some illustrations that characterize Charles Darnay. First,When Lorry is talking to Darnay, and calls him feint. Darney says to Mr. Lorry ,"I begin to think I am faint"(Dickens 62). What this quote means is that he is gloomy, very morose. Maybe kind of like a ghost, also in my drawing he looks very feint. Second, when the author is classifying Darnay, Dickens writes' ,"In this age, he would have been a professor, in that age, he was a tutor"(Dickens 99). What this quote means is that Darnay is very smart. Saying he is smart can mean lots of things. He could be sneakier and more suspicious. Or it could be the opposite. Who knows? Lastly, The author, again classifies Darnay writing ,"He studied much, slept little, sustained a great deal of fatigue with ease, and was equably cheerful"(Dickens 100). What this quote means is that he is intelligent, sleeps terribly but still is quite jolly and gets a lot of stress but still is okay. This sounds like a present college student and this makes Darnay seem different than the other people in this book. In conclusion, Charles Darnay may be a mysterious and suspicious person but he has good qualities, being intelligent and studious. If it were a type of person, I would classify him as a college student. But if it were an object I would pick a magnet because everything seems to go to him.

Monday, November 9, 2015

Light/Dark paragraph

         In the book A Tale of Two Cities there is a chapter that gives a couple of light and dark phrases and the phrases relate to the characters in some sort of way. In this chapter, Mr. Lorry and Defarge go to meet Monsieur Manette. It happens so that Mr.Lorry knows Monsieur Manette but he does not recognize Mr. Lorry at first. During this chapter, there is a bunch of phrases that associate with light and dark and there is a tone for the illustrations. One example is when Defarge wanted more light in the room, so Monsieur Manette opens the door and when he does, "he had put up a hand between his eyes and the light"(Dickens 30).What this quote means is that since Monsieur Manette has been in prison for 18 years, he doesn't want to go outside because he is not used to it. So in the illustration, Monsieur Manette is trying to physically block off the light because he is more suited in darkness after he was in prison for so long. The second illustration that shows light and dark is when the author describes the forehead of Monsieur Manette and it says, "gradually forced themselves through the black must that had fallen on him"(Dickens 32). This quote does not look like it describes his forehead. If its read by what it is, it sounds like he was once good but turned bad. As if going to prison was the que of when he turned bad and sunk deeper into the darkness. The last illustration that shows light and dark is when Monsieur Manette is looking at Mr. Lorry to see if he recognizes him and after he looked at Mr. Lorry it says, "Darkness had fallen on him in its place"(Dickens 32). In this illustration, when it says that it had fallen into place I think it means he remembers the dark memories of his past and that since he saw Mr. Lorry, he remembers his past. Since Mr.Lorry looks like a woman Monsieur Manette knows and that is important to him, he got a glimpse of his past life. In conclusion, A Tale of Two Cities show lots of illustrations of light vs. dark. Especially in this chapter which is Chapter 6, book 1. But in all these phrases the best thing to say the tone was is hopeful. It is hopeful because Monsieur Manette is trying to be changed by Mr. Lorry and Defarge. They are hopeful to help him remember who he is and to bring him out of the darkness which for so long he was in.

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Winehouse

              This is a picture of the Winehouse in A Tale of Two Cities where in some scenes the author displays foreshadowing. Charles Dickens displays foreshadowing multiple times where he hints to the reader what is going on later in the book, story, excerpt, etc.. In y opinion, the Winehouse description of its surroundings displays how desperate the people are. One example of this is when the author says, "All the people within reach had suspended their business, or their idleness, to run to the spot and drink some wine"(Dickens 20). What this quote simply means is that since the wine fell, people came to drink it because it was free. Another example is when the author says, "Some men kneeled down, made scoops of their two hands joined, and sipped, or tried to help women bent over their shoulders, to sip, before the wine had all run out between their fingers"(Dickens 21). This means the people are trying to get every last ounce of the wine to drink it because its free.The last example that supports that the people are desperate is that when the author describes the people like "Samples of a people that had undergone a terrible grinding and re-grinding in the mill"(Dickens 21). What this quote means is that they have to work extra hours for the money. But in general anyone can do that but if they take stuff for free, absolutely anything then its being desperate. In conclusion, these people in A Tale of Two Cities are desperate people and the wine shop is their most comely and homely place.