European History Reading Assignment 2: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities is a critically acclaimed classic novel. This novel has sold over 200 million copies and made its way onto reading lists everywhere. Demonstrating the plight of the French peasantry being demoralized by the aristocracy in the years leading up to the French Revolution through the eyes of both French and English persons‚ A Tale of Two Cities is a wonderful example of classic literature
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“The poor are poor because the rich are rich” -Anonymous. In the novel A Tale of Two Cities written by Charles Dickens‚ he exploits a hard time in the 1700s where the rich are rich because they exploit the poor. This raises a question to the audience‚ What action can be taken place to create an equal society? Dickens answers this question by placing this story in the middle of the French Revolution where people are are arrested because of their social class‚ presumed guilty without trial‚ then killed
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rise up to take control of their fate. Sometimes this is for the better‚ sometimes for the worse. In the case of the French Revolution‚ the people rose up but ended up changing the lives of others for the worse as they bettered theirs. In A Tale of Two Cities‚ the author‚ Charles Dickens reveals this truth that the spiritual lives of all people depend upon the hope of renewal through the events of the murder of the Monseigneur‚ the
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Throughout the script of: Two Weeks with the Queen‚ Colin matures meaning: he showed the mental and emotional qualities of an adult. He also realises nobody loves for one to be ignored or neglected. Colin notices that some people receive attention due to their situation and are in need of having attention all the time. At the start of the script‚ Colin is quite infantile along with‚ immature. He is very envious since‚ Luke receives what he desires however‚ Colin doesn’t. ‘Colin‚ also in shorts and
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"The Horse - Dealer’s Daughter" D. H. Lawrence The role of women in society is constantly an issue. D.H. Lawrences’s story shows through passive natures‚ obedient attitudes‚ and shattered egos a woman struggling to live her life according to her three verbally abusive brothers. "The Horse - Dealer’s Daughter" is about Mabel‚ who tries to commit suicide by drowning herself in a pond. A young doctor‚ Joe Ferguson‚ saves her. She then believes that he loves her. This idea was not a first thought
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voice helps to calm a situation by suggesting something happened all on its own. The author then introduces us to how to deal with an audience who is already in an emotional state by using ‘System One’ and ‘System Two’. System one is when your brain acts on instinct where as system two is where you tend to be more skeptical and figure this out. Another way to diffuse your audience’s emotion is to use humor. Here we learn of five types of humor. Urbane humor is more for a smarter audience since it
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Two kinds This story shows the struggling relationship between mother and daughter. Although the mother wants the daughter to be a great prodigy‚ the daughter wants to be her own person with her own personality. I see this‚ not exact‚ but similar situation‚ in many families around me. In my opinion‚ as long as the child is doing great something useful and enjoyable with themselves then they are doing the right thing. I understand a parent wanting the best for their child but
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in ""Two Kinds"" Many conflicts occur between parents and children because parents may push the child too hard‚ the child may feel an urge to purposely defy the parents‚ and also because of the parent or child misunderstanding each other. When these problems come about parents and children have different ways of dealing with these conflicts. Some of the strategies used to deal with these conflicts such as rebellion‚ defiance‚ and not cooperating are exhibited in "Two Kinds". In "Two Kinds"
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all industries advertisements help to boost sales‚ some take them to another scale by literally littering society with them. The biggest example of this is the alcohol industry. I have taken two ads that various companies in the alcohol industry; Bacardi and Crown Royal have done‚ and compared and contrasted two ads‚ showing and explaining the various techniques‚ catch phrases‚ and creative aspects that the alcohol industry uses
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Why do people spend time worrying about things in the past‚ when they have so much future ahead of them? In the award winning novel‚ Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech‚ a mysterious note is dropped off on the Winterbottom’s front porch: “In the course of a lifetime‚ what does is matter?” Through this metaphor‚ this message is trying to reveal to people that they should not fret the things in life that won’t matter in a few days‚ months‚ or the course of a lifetime. Even thinking about events that occurred
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