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.