Book Report on A Tale of Two Cities :: essays papers

Book Report on A level of Two CitiesMy favorite scene in A Tale of Two Cities is one of the last scenes, when Sydney Carton is about to go to the guillotine. It takes place in Paris, near a prison, and many mess have gathered to have french aristocrats be beheaded. The atmosphere is tense and chaotic Sydney, however, remains calm, even though he is about to be killed. Sydney is holding the hand of a five-year-old girl who is given no name other than a poor little seamstress. Sydney and the seamstress, who are both being wrongfully killed, comfort to each one other just before they reach the guillotine, and they seem to have an instant romantic connection with each other. I loved this scene because it showed that Sydney Carton had finally found someone who could love him, as he could love them, but it saddened me that he had found her just before their deaths.Another scene I specially enjoyed was the scene in which a large cask of wine had dropped and broken in the street. Be cause many people had very little to eat or drink, a large crowd gathered around the dirty puddle and began drinking what they could of the spilled wine. This scene was very descriptive, explaining how the people tried to scoop up the wine in their hands, and how they soaked it up with handkerchiefs from womens heads and squeezed the wine into infants mouths. Other people licked the stones in the street or sucked on the pieces of wood from the cask. This passage showed how unfortunate many of the people were, without actually saying that they were just poor. Specific words and phrases were used to effectively paint a vivid picture of the scene.One of the most important scenes in this novel was the scene in which Dr. Manette is at the house of the Evremondes, tending to a psychotic young peasant girl. The two Evremonde brothers convince Dr. Manette to come with them, to see someone who they believe needs help. When he arrives at their spacious house, he immediately hears piercing screams, coming from upstairs. He is taken to the room, to see a girl, about 20 years old, who is tied down to a bed, shrieking loudly, and thrashing around. The doctor gives her medication, seemingly to no avail. Meanwhile, the elder brother takes him to another patient, the girls brother, who has a fatal ache in his chest.