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.