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.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
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.
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.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
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.
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.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
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.
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.
Monday, February 10, 2014
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.
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