Argumentative Essay On Starlight

Before bedtime parents usually recite fairy tales to their children in order to keep them calm. Those fairy tales divert their attention to a better world by always ending with a happily ever after. They teach them that if one has the right intentions their problems will be solved. Dr. Manette tells his granddaughter fairy tales to create a sense of peace for little Lucie. Not only does it stir her mind from the problems around her, it also gives her hope that she can also have a happily ever after as well. Starlight, one of the fairy tales that little Lucie’s grandfather tells her, sets her mind at ease by making her believe the best is yet to come and the worst is only temporary. All children desire attention in one shape or form, but little Lucie doesn’t have her dad to spoil her like the other children her age do. With her father being in prison for the past fifteen months, she needed something to relieve that tension brought upon her, and the fairy tale, Starlight
As a child, she shouldn’t be thinking that the position that someone has in society is the solution to one’s problems. Being dependent on someone is not necessarily as bad thing, but relying on them too much can result in trouble. In the fairytale, Starlight, the slaves lost identity as a princess saved her from spending an eternity in the tower, but because Darnay is an Evremonde, the tribunal convicted him to be guilty. Although in most cases in the past ones status would help someone abate their punishment, some cases people are guilty just by association. If little Lucie relied on her relation to Dr. Manette to get herself out of sticky situations then she would have nothing to rely on if that plan doesn’t succeed. On the other hand, Dr. Manette is well respected in society and that helped Darnay get released from prison the first time. Being associated with someone can either benefit a person tremendously or it can bring them to their