A right decision

"Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever." It is our own decision to do what we want to do, it is our decision what to believe in, we choose our future. How do we know if we made the right decision? One of the most important decisions that I made is that I Chose to follow Christ. Looking back then, I wasn't really sure if I was doing the right thing. So how do we know what to choose? And what to do? Pray. Even you don't believe, you don't know what to do. Just pray. God will always lead you, tell you what to do, and tell you how to make the right choice. "Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." Mark 11:24 If a person follow Christ, chooses to make this great decision, then God will provide. Another example of making a right decision is when I went to an orphanage. I was 13. Every time I would hear the world "orphanage", it will make feel sad and uncomfortable. This is a place where kids don't have parents. They need love. They look into your eyes very deep and you feel this warmth inside you, but you don't understand why. Why it is happening to them. For me, it was hard to choose to go or not to go. I really wanted to serve these kids, and be with them, give them 4 hours of love but at the same time there was a part of me that was saying "no" because I felt bad for them, sad, mad, and my heart hurt. I made the decision to go, and that day, God changed me. How I started with a quote that the smallest decisions can change you. Like me, I chose to go, and it was gods plan, He changed me. Making right decisions is hard, your have to think first, and then go and do it. 

Prostitution

Prostitution is one of the most important symbols in Crime and Punishment. Dostoevsky talks about prostitution a lot. The two prostitutes in the novel are Sonya and Dunya, even though Dunya not as much as Sonya. Why does Dostoevsky talk about prostitution? Why is it important? Back then, in Russia, it was really hard to get a job and money, so I think one of the easiest ways to get money for women from rich and corrupt people was to work as a prostitute. We can see how women are ready to sell their bodies for the greater good. Once Sonya gets into that, she loses her innocence. There is not a way out for her. There is no other option to get money. Whose fault is it? Societies? Why women who are prostitutes are shamed by society when it is the actual society that pushes them over the edge. 

The Axe

The symbol that I used in this paragraph is "the axe". In Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, we can read that there is a murder that happens when Raskolnikov kills the pawnbroker and Lizaveta. We do not know what's going on on Raskolnikov's mind but the things that he does are strange. He uses the blunt side murder the old woman and the sharp edge to kill Lizaveta. We don't know why he chose to kill them with an axe and not something different. Raskolnikov is a weird guy and I think his point of view about "the axe" is different. I think "the axe" symbolizes strength, power, and something bigger. There are a lot of other symbols in the novel but I think one of the most favorite symbols is "the axe". We know how Raskolnikov forgets about stuff, and i think it symbolizes the two halves of Raskolnikov's life.

Time

Another symbol that I thought of was time. I think time is one of the important symbols in this novel. As we read, we can see that the time that Dostoevsky shows us is in some kind of order, but it is hard to figure out what he's trying to tell us. Example is when Raskolnikov wakes up and plans to murder. If we think the other way, it confuses us because for example, when Raskolnikov's dreaming he loses time. In the beginning of Part Two, Chapter Three, he wakes up sick: "Sometimes he fancied he had been lying there a month; at other times it all seemed part of the same day. But of that – of that he had no recollection, and yet every minute he felt that he had forgotten something he ought to remember." It shows us that it is really important for Dostoevsky to mention about time.

The city

One of the symbols that I was thinking about was the City. My parents and grandparents grew up in St.Petersburg and my grandma still lives there so we visit her every year. When I started reading Crime and punishment I clearly saw how it was related to me. The city of St.Petersburg represented in Dostoevsky's novel as dirty and crowded city. There are always drunk people on the streets, women who ask for money, and everyone lives in tiny apartments. The confusion and chaos of St.Petersburg is a twofold symbol. It represents the society and Raskolnikov's craziness. The city represents the state of Raskolnikov's mind; he is confused, worried, lost, understandable, and mentally unstable. It represents his confusion, dirty streets, great amount of people and drunkards. This city is related to me because the city that is in the book reminds me of the city that I visit every year.

Preface

Writing my English project paper I wanted readers to feel my characters' feelings and emotions, wanted them to think about other peoples' lives, and not just about themselves. There are a lot of people who suffer and struggle, like John did, and we have no idea how hard it is for them. The narrative that i wrote attempted to capture the emotions felt by other people. Another goal of mine was to read it and compare this story to their lives and think about things that happen in the world.

Story

Marta felt the warmth of the sun on her cheek, she woke up slowly. The pain pulsed through her body, and when she opened her eyes, she realized that she fell asleep sitting on the chair, before reaching the bed. Sleeping in this position, her body was stiff and numb. She clearly remembered what happened yesterday. “So it actually happened, it wasn’t a dream”, she sleepily thought. Marta immediately jumped up and quietly approached the couch. Her friend, Kristi, was sleeping tight, and was holding a pillow. Kristi’s hair was matted; she had stains on her face because of tears. Marta was looking for Kristi all night, when she was told about her brother, John, who died in the war, and ran out of house. Kristi’s mom, Mrs. Jones, called Marta at 2 AM. At first, Marta didn’t get what Mrs. Jones was trying to tell her. At the same time she was crying and trying to explain the situation. After couple tries, Marta finally understood that John is gone, he died, and no one knew where Kristi was. Going through this shock, Marta started guessing where Kristi can be. Marta woke up her parents, and all of them together went to find Kristi. They went to the park where Kristi and Marta always hung out, and went all the way from park to Kristi’s house, and he wasn’t there. After looking for Kristi for many hours, they decided to go home because it was late and they were tired. On the way home, they saw her sitting on the porch of their house. For them, it seemed like she didn’t hear anything and didn’t see anything. Marta hugged her friend, and told her to come into the house. Marta helped her to lie on the couch, and gave her a warm blanket. Then, Kristi looked into Marta’s eyes and said: “You know, John is not there anymore, I’ll never see him again. How can the world exist when your best friend died?” Marta hugged her friend and whispered: “I know that it is hard for you, but John is in your heart, he is with you.” Marta sat with Kristi for a long time until she fell asleep. After that, she sat on the chair, and thought about Kristi’s family, as how would they live without John, how they would fight with it. Starting from that day, Kristi was trying to learn to live without her brother, and Marta learned how to be a loving friend for Kristi who would always cry and be sad. They didn’t have that joy and happiness in their friend relationships. After a month, when girls were walking in the park, Marta’s mom called her on her phone, and told them that they immediately had to go to Kristi’s house. Girls were running and hurrying as fast as they could. When they got into her house, they saw a huge army bag, and Kristi looked at Mata and said: “What kind of news would we else have? Everything is over. I don’t want to go there.” Marta took her hand and said: “Don’t be afraid, I’m going to be with you.” When they went to the living room they saw Mr and Mrs. Jones, they were crying, but they also had smiles on their faces. There was a guy who was sitting right next to them, and they were holding his hands. He didn’t have a leg, he had a lot of scars all over his face, he was really skinny, but the girls recognized him. John was looking at them. His bright blue eyes were shining like nobody else’s.

Final Draft

Marta felt the warmth of the sun on her cheek, she was waking up slowly. She felt the pain in her body, and when she opened her eyes, she understood, and realized that she fell asleep sitting on the chair, before reaching the bed. Sleeping in this position, her body got numb. She clearly remembered what happened yesterday. “So it actually happened it wasn’t a dream” she said with an embarrassing voice. Marta immediately got up and quietly approached the couch. Her friend, Kristi, was sleeping tight, and was holding a pillow. Kristi’s hair was matted; she had stains on her face because of tears. Marta was looking for Kristi all night, when she was told about her brother who died in the war, and ran out of house. Kristi’s mom called Marta at 2 AM. At first, Marta didn’t get what Mrs.Jones was trying to tell her. At the same time she was crying and trying to explain the situation. After couple tries, Marta finally understood that John is gone, he died, and no one knew where Kristi was. Going through this shock, Marta started guessing where Kristi can be. She woke up her parents, and all of them together went to find her friend. They went to the park where Kristi and Marta would always hang out, and went all the way from park to Kristi’s house, and he wasn’t there. After looking for Kristi for many hours, they decided to go home because it was late and they were tired. On the way home, they saw her sitting on the porch of their house. For them, it seemed like she didn’t hear anything and didn’t see anything. Marta hugged her friend, and told her to come in into the house. Marta helped her to lie on the couch, and gave her a warm blanket. Then, Kristi looked into Marta’s eyes and said: “You know, John is not there anymore, I’ll never see him again. How can the world exist when your best friend died?” Marta hugged her friend and whispered: “I know that it is hard for you, but John is in your heart, he is with you.” Marta sat with Kristi for a long time until she fell asleep. After that, she sat on the chair, and thought about Kristi’s family, how would they live without John, how would they fight with it. Starting from that day, Kristi was trying to learn to live without her brother, and Marta learned how to be a loving friend for Kristi who would always cry and be sad. They didn’t have that joy and happiness in their friend relationships. After a month, when girls were walking in the park, Marta’s mom called her on her phone, and told them that they had to go to Kristi’s house immediately. Girls were running as fast as they could and hurrying. When they got into her house, the saw a huge army bag, and Kristi looked at Mata and said: “What kind of news would we else have? Everything is over. I don’t want to go there.” Marta took her hand and said: “Don’t be afraid, I’m going to be with you.” When they went to the living room, first they saw Mr and Mrs. Jones, they were crying, but also, at the same time they had smiles on their faces. There was a guy who was sitting right next to them, and they were holding his hands. He didn’t have a leg, he had a lot of scars all over his face, he was really skinny, but the girls recognized him. John was looking at them. His bright blue eyes were shining like nobody else’s.

Theme: Deception

If you read Macbeth, you can notice that there are a lot of different themes, and one of the themes that i want to talk about is Deception. Throughout Macbeth we can see that Deception is mostly related with Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, and the three witches. One of the examples about Macbeth is that he's being guilty many times throughout the deception. In the beginning, if we read, we can see that he welcomed Duncan even though he knew that he was about to be murdered. After that, when he killed Duncan, he goes and kills the gurads to look like the guards committed the murder. Macbeth's wife, Lady Macbeth, is also conveys the theme of deception in the play. She's not a young woman, so she has an experience and skills how to persuade others. When her husband killed him, she telling him to be evil inside.
So there are a lot of examples where we can see deceptions, and its about Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

Task #4

Who is the one who deceived? Lady Macbeth plays an important role in the play. She's Macbeth's wife and she's the one who tell Macbeth to "Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't" (act 1 scene 5). In these lines she was trying to say that Macbeth should be charming against King Duncan while plotting his crime. He needed to kill the king to become the king. Lady Macbeth told him that if he's not going to kill him then he's not going to be like a man, and she had a lot of other reasons for that. So he had to kill him, and so he did. After killing the king, Lady Macbeth placed the daggers on the king's stewards so it would look like they killed the king and not Macbeth. Here we can see how she lied to people, because she wanted peopel to think differently, that Macbeth didn't kill the king, she wanted to protect her husband in a bad way.

Instruments of Darkness tell us truths

The quote that I want to use in my essay is from Macbeth, “Instruments of Darkness tell us truths." I think it is a paradox because it says that the "instruments of darkness" tell the truth. And in the Bible, john 3:21, it says that the truth is the light. So, Shakespeare tells us that darkness produces light, which is a paradox because they're opposites and that's the way it works. But in real life, if you think about it, sometimes the darkness around us draws us to the light. An example would be if a child lied to his parents about something and expect them to never find out but actually they do because the truth always comes out from darkness. Parents always find out if the child does something bad. All the bad things that people do, which are the instruments of darkness, is going to come out in light. If people do bad things, they sin, they are getting used to it, and they think that something is wrong with the world, so they're trying to look for light. This quote kind of make sense but at the same time it's not. For non believers,  It is hard to look for light when it's dark. But the Bible says that if you're going to see the light, you're going to find the truth, because light is the truth.

Purpose of life

Looking from the Christian point of view, we can see that this world is full of sin, sickness, pain, and etc. The first person who sinned in this world was Eve. We’re all wondering why she did that. Why did she eat the fruit that was toxic? God let her to make her choice, to do what she wants, and she chose to sin. All her life she was a Christian, she obeyed God, and didn’t do bad things. She didn’t know what sin was, and I think one of the reasons why she ate this fruit was because she believed the snake. She believed everyone, and she trusted everyone because she never knew what sin was. So she trusted the snake, and she thought that the fruit is going to be so good, and nothing is going to happen. And so she ate it.

God gave everyone a choice in their lives, to believe in Him or not. A human being has a right to choose what he wants to believe in. Everyone make their decisions. Some people don’t understand what the purpose of life is and how they should deal with it. I want to talk about the movie that we watched in English class, called “Into the Abyss”. Watching this movie made me sad because I saw how people made bad decisions without even thinking. There are two boys who killed two people just because they wanted the car. Hearing this is stupid because how can you kill two people just because you wanted their car? It’s just unbelievable. After that they got arrested, and the court followed the rules, the law. The court decided to give him a capital punishment, in other words, to kill him.

Is it okay to take away someone’s life even if they did something bad? No, I think it is not okay at all. God allows things to happen in life, and I’m sure that there is a purpose of why He’s allowing it. God gave everyone a chance to live, He gave everyone a good life, and people cannot decide to do a capital punishment or not, only God knows when we’re going to die, and how. These two guys who killed people, they knew what they were doing, they knew that it is going to turn out something bad, and I’m sure that they knew that they’re going to be arrested. It was their decision to kill those people, and they didn’t even care about them, they just wanted the car.

That’s how sinful this world is. This was just one of the examples of the sin. I don’t really know why capital punishment is allowed, why God allowed this to happen, but I trust Him, and I believe that there is a purpose for that.

How I want to grow in english class this year

When Mr O gave us this assignment, to write how we want to grow in english class this year, i thought that i'm going to write this post really fast and it is going to be easy. It turned out to be a little hard because i didn't know what i would say, and after that i set for a moment and started thinking how i really want to grow, do i really want it, do i want to do a lot of work, and etc. When we grow up, we all know that we have to have good education and a good job. To have an education and a job we need to grow in many ways. So i thought thats it's going to be a hard year and i really need to do my best, because i'll need this in the future. To grow in english class it means to learn new things. I want to do it by reading books, learning new words, memorizing poems, contributing in class, and helping my classmates. I know that this year i'll have to push myself even harder than last year, and i'm sure that everything will go well if i'm going to do my work, and attend what is being said in class.

Awesome Words

Dickens, Charles.  A Tale of Two Cities. Mineola, New York:  Dover Publications, Inc., 1999. Print.

1)      “In England, there was scarcely an amount of order and protection to justify much national boasting” (2).

2)      “Thus did the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five conduct their Greatnesses, and myriads of small creatures – the creatures of this chronicle among the rest – along the roads that lay before them” (3).

3)      “The Dover road lay, as to him, beyond the Dover mail, as it lumbered up Shooter’s Hill” (3).

4)      “There was a steaming mist in all the hollows, and it had roamed in its forlornness up the hill, like an evil spirit, seeking rest and finding none” (4).

5)      “The last burst carried the mail to summit of the hill” (5).

6)      “Completing his resemblance to a man who was sitting for his portrait, Mr.Lorry dropped off to sleep” (13).

7)      “It thundered at the town, and thundered at the cliffs, and brought the coast down, madly” (13).

8)      “A bottle of good claret after dinner does a digger in the red coals no harm, otherwise than as it has a tendency to throw him out of work” (14).

9)      “As if they had any help for anybody in their absurd baskets” (15).

10)   “After a pause, he added, again settling the crisp flaxen wig at the ears” (15).

11)   “Mr.Lorry took the hesitating little hand that confidingly advanced to take his, and he put it with some ceremony to his lips” (17).

12)   “As he said the words he looked down, with an admiring pity, on the flowing golden hair” (18).

13)   “So close was her hold upon his arm, that he feared to detach himself lest he should hurt her” (19).

14)   “The hands of the man who sawed the wood, left red marks on the billets” (21).

15)   “Hunger was repeated in every fragment of the small modicum of firewood that the man sawed off” (22).

16)   “Nothing was represented in a flourishing condition, save tools and weapons” (23).

17)   “Good-humoured-looking on the whole, but implacable-looking, too” (24).

18)   “The immortal creature that was to be so shamefully mangled, was the sight” (46).

19)   “That was merely a coincidences” (51).

20)   “There was such commiseration for her as she was removed, and much sympathy with her father” (57).

21)   “Only his daughter had the power of charming this black brooding from his mind” (60).

22)   “Carton flung his glass over his shoulder against the wall, where it shivered to pieces” (63).

23)   “A quainter corner than the corner where the Doctor lived, was not to be found in London” (69).

24)   “I will not say with me, though he had business relations with me many with me many years ago, and we are now intimate” (73).

25)   “But, no Hundreds of people came to see the sights, and Mr.Lorry looked in vain for the fulfilment of Miss Pross’s prediction” (75).

26)   “The night was so sultry, that although they sat with doors and windows open, they were overpowered by heat” (77).

27)   “The exquisite gentlemen of the finest breeding wore little pendent trinkets that chinked as they languidly moved” (82).

28)   “The nose, beautifully formed otherwise, was very slightly pinched at the top of each nostril” (83).

29)   “Why does he make that abominable noise?” (84).

30)   “A round room, in one of the chateau’s four extinguisher-topped towers” (91).

31)   “I will say with the fair daughter to whom he is so devotedly attached, and who is so devotedly attached to him?” (73).

32)   “Touch that string, and he instantly changes for the worse” (74).

33)   “She had installed herself, some time before, as Mr.Lorry’s cup bearer” (75).

34)   “A multitude of people, and yet a solitude” (77).

35)   “I ask no questions and make no stipulations” (78).

36)   “The Marquis took a gentle little pinch of snuff, and shook his head” (93).

37)   “It was Stryver’s grand peculiarity that he always seemed too big for any place, or place” (109).

38)   “Be under no apprehension, Miss Manette, of my ever resuming this conversation by so much as a passing word” (116).

39)   “The young gentlemen uttered this exultant sound with mysterious significance” (118).

40)   “If, as a honest tradesman, my wenturs goes wrong to-night” (121).

41)   “Your fishing-rod gets rather rusty” (121).

42)   “As they descend the hill like madmen running a race, he falls” (129).

43)   “The phantom that my mind pursued, was another and more real child” (146).

44)   “But, in the composure of his manner was unaltered” (149).

45)   “It was not for his friend to abate that confidence” (157).

46)   “Here and there, especially at first, the inundation started on them and swept by” (168).

47)   “There was a heavy lumbering of wheels within hearing” (217).

48)   “At every vote, the populace set up a shout of applause” (221).

49)   “Sheep was a cant word of the time for a spy” (230).

50)   “But, it beckoned him back in his sleep, and showed itself in shinning forms” (270).

Hey Mr O, I can write!

Is it easy to love the father you never saw? There are a lot of sufferings, failings, difficult situations, and problems in our lives but the question consists in how we overcome them. It is like a soldier who lost a foot in the war and came home, trying to live despite of all contributions, and just being happy that he is alive. Likewise Lucie, who is happy that her father is alive and with her right now, however she never met him. I want to speak up on behalf of Lucie. Lucie is a character from Charles Dickens's book "A Tale of Two Cities". I want you to picture Lucie's story, and to feel the way she felt. My name is Lucie Manette. I was raised by my mother in English traditions. All my childhood and youth I considered myself as an orphan because I thought I don't have a father until I turned twenty years old, when I found out that my father is alive. My life changed completely from this moment. My life was divided into two parts, "before" and "after". I was confused what I should do in the future. At that moment, I had to make a big decision whether I believe that it is my father, to love him and be his daughter, or not excepting this person knowing that he is my father. But for me, the only option was to accept him because I already loved him. When he first saw me you could see it in his eyes that he did not understand what was going on, he didn't know who I am but he recognized me by my mother's hair. When I was looking at him, my heart was full of love and pity. I thought that I was waiting for this moment for my whole life. Here is my father, who never was in my life, and never knew me. I was deprived of his love and care, but at this moment I precisely knew that I want to be with my father, I want to know him, and to be ready to do everything to help him to return to normal life. Lucie's loving, thoughtful decision changed her life in beneficial way to do everything possible for her father to come back to normal life brought a powerful change in his life. He started forgetting the terrible part of his life when he was in prison, thanks to his lovely daughter who except him in spite of risk that he is a stranger. For Dr.Manette, Lucie was a light to his world. She gave him a strong will to live which made him a new person.

The tone I use in this essay is strong but is weak at times because of the sad story. One of my favorite strong quotes with a strong tone is "He started forgetting the terrible part of his life when he was in prison, thanks to his lovely daughter who except him in spite of risk that he is a stranger". One of my favorite quotes with passion is " All my childhood and youth I considered myself as an orphan because I thought I don't have a father until I turned twenty years old, when I found out that my father is alive". In this essay I also use figurative language. A type of figurative language that I use is a simile. A simile where I compare Lucie to a soldier "It is like a soldier who lost a foot in the war and came home, trying to live despite of all contributions, and just being happy that he is alive. Likewise Lucie, who is happy that her father is alive and with her right now, however she never met him". I mostly have simple sentences, as you can see throughout my essay, because I wanted to make sure that the reader would not get depressed because of the overly sorrowful story. A place where I have a detail is when I talk about Lucie’s loving decision "Lucie's loving decision to do everything possible for her father to come back to normal life brought a powerful change in his life". In this essay I tried to use a simple diction so that normal average people would be able to understand my writing without having to look up words. My favorite imagery in this essay is in the sentence "Lucie's loving, thoughtful decision changed her life in beneficial way to do everything possible for her father to come back to normal life brought a powerful change in his life". 

Hey Mr O, I've go something to say and language in which to say it!

On my essay “Let Go Someone You Love”, Emily and I had a great conversation, a dialogue that helped me to understand an important thing that I’ve never thought of. She wrote what she felt about this essay, her thoughts, ideas, questions, which is really important for me because I wanted to know how people felt about this essay, and also wanted to develop my writing skills. I really liked that she asked me some questions that I didn’t really think about; she tried to make me think in a different way, to think about it deeply. I also liked that she gave me an example from Bible, because in the Bible, it talks a lot about love, relationships, and it is one of the important things that we have to think about. Do we really love our enemies? Do we really love God? This conversation taught me that we really have to think out of the box, be more specific, and make people think. I’m really glad I got the reader’s attention, and as Emily said, I did. This dialogue proved that i can make my readers feel sertain ways. I hope to expand my writing skills.

Darnay's Trip

One night, Darnay was sleeping and in the middle of the night he was woken up and told he is going to Paris with an escort. This escort was Monsieur Defarge. When they came to the town of Beauvais, Darnay knew he was in trouble. A decree had passed when Darnay left England, and the decree was that all emigants will return to death. If I was Darnay, I would be really scared to know this and I wouldn't know what to do. So when he arrived to Paris, he was sent to prison La Force. Even though Defarge knew that Darnay was married to Lucie, he is willing to help him. When Darnay got to prison, he was shocked because the other prisoners were nice and genteel. After a while, he starts to understand why Doctor Manette was making shoes.

When Mr. Lorry heard that the government made this decree in Paris, he hoped that none of his friends are there, but Lucie and Doctor Manette came to him and tolf him that Darnay is there in prison. Mr.Lorry wants to help him and goes to Paris. He is visited by Monsieur Defarge with a message from Doctor Manette, and says that Darnay is safe, but neither of them can leave the prison. Darnay sends a message for his wife, Lucie, and she is so happy to know that he is safe.

That was a little summary of how Darnay got to prison, and i think it is a good reminder that we should be careful in all our actions. If someone would wake me up and tell me that i should go to Paris, i would think that something is wrong.

Let go someone you love

One of my favorite topics is about the relationship between Dr.Manette and Lucie. When I read about how Lucie brought her father back to life, I was shocked because she never saw him but right at that moment when they saw each other, she already loved him and was ready to care about him. This is unbelievable! For example, even if I knew that I'm going to meet my father, I wouldn't be able to love him like Lucie did. Lucie was a strong young woman that loved her father, and couldn't leave him.

As I continued reading the second book, I imagined myself being Lucie for a moment. This situation that happened with her and her father made me feel sad. Lucie is getting married to Darnay which is a good thing for her because she can has a family, kids, and a new lifestyle. But in the other way she leaves her father, and it makes everything bad. When I read about the last night before Lucie was getting married, I got very emotional because I saw how Lucie tried really hard to not make her father sad, and she wanted to spend time with him every minute. She understood that everything is going to change the next day, and that she's not going be able to be with him all the time. Dr.Manette didn't want her to let go but he was a smart man who understood that she needs a good life, and she needs to enjoy her life.

The next day Lucie and Darnay got married, and went for a honeymoon. At that moment, Dr.Manette changed completely! Carton said that he's going to the Bank for two hours, and asked Miss Pross to watch Dr.Manette because he didn't feel very good. After Carton came back, him and Miss Pross heard Dr.Manette knocking. They went upstairs and saw him making shoes. He was making shoes for nine days, and the tenth day he stopped, and forgot about that. These nine days were like a block for him. He didn't remember what happened in those nine days, and for him, Lucie's wedding was like yesterday. It was so sad to read it because Lucie left, and for him it was like time in prison, bad memories.

This situation reminds me of God saying that we should love everyone, even our enemies! Lucie loved him even when she didn't know him, and this is a great example how we should love people that we don't know and our relatives.

Knitting

A Tale of Two Cities discusses the French Revolution and it gives us a lot of ideas about the political issues. There are a lot of things that symbolizes something else, and A Tale Of Two Cities filled with a lot of symbols.

In the second book it talks about knitting which plays an important role in this novel. There are two people that knit in this novel. Lucie knits to make a family out of a group who don't know each other in the beginning. Madame Defarge also knits, but it seems really dangerous because her knitting bring people to death. Knitting is a symbol for death in A Tale of Two Cities. Madame Defarge knits names and faces of who she she is going to kill.

I think Dickens uses "knitting" so that it will affect the lives of the main characters. "When the one woman who had stood conspicuous, knitting, still knitted on with the steadfastness of Fate,". Madame Defarge just keep on knitting and standing there. While she knits, and what she is knitting will grow as characters' relationships. Madame Defarge is not really a caring person. We can clearly see that she cares only about herself and knitting, and she doesn't care about the poor people.

"Then she glanced in a casual manner round the wine-shop, took up her knitting with great apparent calmness and repose of spirit, and became absorbed in it,". I think this quote shows that Madame Defarge had emotions. She knows everything what is going around and she tries not to do anything about it but she's still knitting and knitting, and everything grow like the characters lives.

I've never thought that knitting can be a symbol of something. We can see that Charles Dickens is so detailed and he tries to make big things out of little. At first I thought "what can you tell about knitting?why is it important for the characters?" but then when you deeply read the two chapters about knitting, you can see what Charles wanted us to think about.

Fatherhood and Daughterhood

Could you love your father even though you've never know him? Can you love and care about him without any conditions? Lucie, Dr.Manette's daughter made this feat. She's never seen her father, and she couldn't imagine how he looked like. He didn't raise her, he has never played with her, they've never read books together or he never hold her hand. Sometimes we need some courage to do the same thing like Lucie did. She loved the image of her father, the person who she missed her whole life. She decided not to get mad at this situation that happened but give the not dissipated love to her father. She used every single moment appreciating that time that they're spending together. I think Lucie is a symbolic character, who loves her father no matter what happened in past. She is not only beautiful, but kind, and loving girl. For example, when Dr.Manette was recovering, Lucie putted her father's head on her chest. She stayed up with him nights after nights.

Like a daughter, she decided to give him all her care and love. Because of her love she returned he back to life. She "recalled him to life". Being with her, he started forgetting the past, he started to live his life again. I think he felt his daughters' love, and her love dwelled in his heart. Their first meeting was special for both of them.

This relationship with Father and daughter made me think a lot, and changed my heart because looking at this situation I can change my relationship with my father. Honestly, if I were Lucie, I wouldn't be able to act like her, to accept my father who's i've never seen, or to care about him. For me, it would take a lot of time to love him, and really try to give him the best.

A Tale of Two Cities: Recalled To Life

A Tale of Two Cities took places in two cities: Paris, France and London, England. As I've started reading this book, I noticed that throughout the story characters are "recalled to life". "Recalled to Life" means that they have a new chance to life. This phrase can have a lot of different meanings but it depends on the book and how you understand it.

There are a lot of examples where characters are recalled to life. First I want to talk about Doctor Manette. He was in prison for eighteen years, and all he was doing there is making shoes. After he got out of prison he didn't know what to do, he was so disappointed that he continued making shoes because that was all he can do. Lucie, his daughter, is going to meet him for the first time in her life. Lucie was a kind and gentle girl, and she really wanted to care about her father and get to know him. A lot of people thought that for Dr.Manette it is not possible to have a good life, or be okay as he was before, but as we can see, Lucie showed them that it just takes a while, and takes a lot of patience. She wanted to be with her father, she wanted him a good life, she wanted him to feel good and healthy, ans she knew it is going to take a lot of time but she was ready to do this.

Another situation that i've read about is Charles Darnays' trial. Charles Darnay is on trial for treason in England. Sydney Carton represents Darnay in this trial, and Sydney saves his life from death. I think that through this situation Darnay is "recalled to life".

A new chance to life is like when you get out of a horrible situation and you have a new chance to live your life differently. These situations make me think because people suffered a lot. The example I gave you about Dr.Manette and his daughter showes that Lucie is a hero because for the first moment she saw him, she already wanted to touch him, care about him, and help him. But If I were Lucie, I probably wouldn't act like her because for me it would be so hard to accept this person, my father. For us, It is a good example of forgiving people and taking care of them even if we don't know them because God said that we have to love each other no matter what happens.

How can you become peaceful with your friends?

How can you become peaceful with your friends? What does the author suggest about the relationship between Gene and Finny? John Knowles A Separate Peace proves how jealousy can influence the relationship between friends and may lead to tragic outcomes. 

In this novel we can see that the main point of the book is the friendship between Gene and Finny. Gene does not really trust Finny and he doesn't know what to think about him. I think that Finny was a manipulative person because he wants to make people, especially Gene, listen to him and do what he tells him to do. There is an example in the book when he wants Gene jump out of tree, even though he was afraid. 

A separate Peace can be thought of as a war novel. During World War 2 none of the boys can escape it. When they graduate, they'll have to enlist. We can see the difference between the childhood and adult-hood. In their childhood they played sports. Many of the boys in the novel realize that the war was one of the main reasons, that they had misunderstanding.  

Gene wanted to be life Finny, and he was jealous of him. An example of jealousy in relationship is ch2 p25 "It was hypnotism. It was beginning to see that Phineas could get away with anything. I couldn't help envying him that a little, which was perfectly normal. There was no harm in envying even your best friend a little." I think here, we see that Gene was somewhat jealous of Phineas and that their friendship could not be without fights. The jealousy depends on how people treat one another. 

At the end we can see that jealousy makes a big difference, and it is an emotion that makes people become unfair to each other. At the beginning of the novel, the characters are different and selfish, but at the end they change completely. Gene became peaceful through the situation that happened with Finny. He realized that he lost his friend, and that he was embarrassed. Peace is good. Peace is when a person is not afraid, it is when everyone is comfortable and happy.