The Tale of Two Cities made me understand many things. Such for example, the book told and taught me that life isn't really fair and it won't really go the way you want to go. Like what had happen in to Dr. Manette, who was sent to jail without any particular reason at first. Next I learned that even though there maybe no hope to suceed an obstacle, you have to try with all your might. Like if you try, the results may change in an vary. Like what the fate had happen to Lucie. The book had also taught me to control some of the emotions that will burst since life isn't fair. The book taught me when life gives you lemon, make lemonade out of it, not just feel bad about it.
I’ve always loved reading Dickens and I finally took the time to read through a tale of two cities. While it has a much different flavor than some of his other work, it is no less vibrant or moving. If you’re not familiar with the book, it’s opening lines are probably something you are aware of: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” So begins a brutally honest look at the French revolution and both sides of fallen humanity that made it happen. Dickens does a fair job at showing the neglect of the rich for others and the blood lust of the poor for revenge.
Believed to be Anglican, Dickens has a way of helping me to feel one of the values that Jesus taught in an incredible way. Many of his novels cause the reader to feel a concern for the poor and neglected. I’m sad to admit that this doesn’t happen naturally for me. Whenever I read the words of Jesus I realize that my heart needs to be changed. Dickens helps me to adopt the attitude that I know God desires from me.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
The Tale of Two Cities(Describe Goals.Dreams, ETC.)
Darnay stands accused of treason against the English crown. A bombastic lawyer named Stryver pleads Darnay’s case, but it is not until his drunk, good-for-nothing colleague, Sydney Carton, assists him that the court acquits Darnay. Carton clinches his argument by pointing out that he himself bears an uncanny resemblance to the defendant, which undermines the prosecution’s case for unmistakably identifying Darnay as the spy the authorities spotted. Lucie and Doctor Manette watched the court proceedings, and that night, Carton escorts Darnay to a tavern and asks how it feels to receive the sympathy of a woman like Lucie. Carton despises and resents Darnay because he reminds him of all that he himself has given up and might have been.Darnay asks Manette for permission to marry Lucie. He says that, if Lucie accepts, he will reveal his true identity to Manette. Carton, meanwhile, also pledges his love to Lucie, admitting that, though his life is worthless, she has helped him dream of a better, more valuable existence. On the streets of London, Jerry Cruncher gets swept up in the funeral procession for a spy named Roger Cly. Later that night, he demonstrates his talents as a “Resurrection-Man,” sneaking into the cemetery to steal and sell Cly’s body. In Paris, meanwhile, another English spy known as John Barsad drops into Defarge’s wine shop. Barsad hopes to turn up evidence concerning the mounting revolution, which is still in its covert stages. Madame Defarge sits in the shop knitting a secret registry of those whom the revolution seeks to execute. Back in London, Darnay, on the morning of his wedding, keeps his promise to Manette; he reveals his true identity and, that night, Manette relapses into his old prison habit of making shoes. After nine days, Manette regains his presence of mind, and soon joins the newlyweds on their honeymoon. Upon Darnay’s return, Carton pays him a visit and asks for his friendship. Darnay assures Carton that he is always welcome in their home.
As soon as Darnay arrives in Paris, the French revolutionaries arrest him as an emigrant. Lucie and Manette make their way to Paris in hopes of saving him. Darnay remains in prison for a year and three months before receiving a trial. In order to help free him, Manette uses his considerable influence with the revolutionaries, who sympathize with him for having served time in the Bastille. Darnay receives an acquittal, but that same night he is arrested again. The charges, this time, come from Defarge and his vengeful wife. Carton arrives in Paris with a plan to rescue Darnay and obtains the help of John Barsad, who turns out to be Solomon Pross, the long-lost brother of Miss Pross, Lucie’s loyal servant.
As soon as Darnay arrives in Paris, the French revolutionaries arrest him as an emigrant. Lucie and Manette make their way to Paris in hopes of saving him. Darnay remains in prison for a year and three months before receiving a trial. In order to help free him, Manette uses his considerable influence with the revolutionaries, who sympathize with him for having served time in the Bastille. Darnay receives an acquittal, but that same night he is arrested again. The charges, this time, come from Defarge and his vengeful wife. Carton arrives in Paris with a plan to rescue Darnay and obtains the help of John Barsad, who turns out to be Solomon Pross, the long-lost brother of Miss Pross, Lucie’s loyal servant.
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Sunday, November 25, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
The Tale of Two Cities(Page 302-507)
Travel through France proves difficult for Darnay. Revolutionaries often stopped him and questioned him. Lucie and Doctor Manette stormed into the Paris branch of Tellson's Bank. To find Mr. Lorry. They inform him that Darnay sits imprisoned in La Force. Fearing that Lucie and Manette's presence might compromise the bank's business, Lorry ushers Lucie, her daughter, and Miss Pross to a nearby lodging. But Madame Defarge coldly responds that the revolution will not stop for the sake of Lucie and her families. Four days later, Manette returns from La Force. Lorry notes a change in the once-fragile Manette, who now is hungry for power and strenght. Darney was still in prison for a year and three months. While the family waits for Darnay's trial, Manette tells Lucie of a window in the prison from which Darnay might see her in the street. Manette then tells Lucie that Darnay will strand trial on the following day and assures her that her husband will fare well in it.
A motley and bloodthirsty crowd assembled at the trial of Charles Darnay. The crowd carried Darnay home in a chair on their shoulder. The next day, although Manette rejoices in having saved Darnay's life, Lucie remains terrified for her husband. When Manette asks for the identity of this third person, the soldier replies that Manette will recieve the answer the very next day. Meanwhile Jerry Cruncher and miss Pross discover Miss Pross's long-lost brother, Solomon, in a wine shop. He threatens to reveal Barsad's true identity to the revolutionaries unless the spy accompanies him to Tellson's. Lorry scolds Cruncher for leading a secret life outside his job at Tellson's. Cruncher hints that there may be many doctors involved in grave-robbing who banks at Tellson's. That night, as he wanders the streets of Paris, Carton thinks of Lucie. Defarge claims that Manette wrote the letter while imprisoned int he Bastille, and he reads it aloud. It tells the story of Manette's imprisonment. After hearing the story from Manette, the jury sentences Darnay to death, to pay for the sins of his father and uncle.
The courtroom crowd pours into the streets to celebrate Darnay's condemnation. Carton goes to Defarge's wine shop. The Defarge's wine shop has marvel at how much he physically resembles the condemned Darnay. At midnight Manette arrives home completely out of his mind. He looks madly for his shoemaking bench. Carton then bid farewell to Lucie. Fifty-two people had been condemned to die the next day. Darnay resolves to meet his death bravely. Carton changes cloth and switched place with Darnay. Meanwhile, Defarge heads toward Lucie apartment to catch Lucie in the illegal act of mourning a prisonor. Carton and the young seamstress reach the guillotine. The Vengence and the other revolutionary women worry that Madame Defarge will miss the beheading of Charles Darnay.In the end, Carton dies.
A motley and bloodthirsty crowd assembled at the trial of Charles Darnay. The crowd carried Darnay home in a chair on their shoulder. The next day, although Manette rejoices in having saved Darnay's life, Lucie remains terrified for her husband. When Manette asks for the identity of this third person, the soldier replies that Manette will recieve the answer the very next day. Meanwhile Jerry Cruncher and miss Pross discover Miss Pross's long-lost brother, Solomon, in a wine shop. He threatens to reveal Barsad's true identity to the revolutionaries unless the spy accompanies him to Tellson's. Lorry scolds Cruncher for leading a secret life outside his job at Tellson's. Cruncher hints that there may be many doctors involved in grave-robbing who banks at Tellson's. That night, as he wanders the streets of Paris, Carton thinks of Lucie. Defarge claims that Manette wrote the letter while imprisoned int he Bastille, and he reads it aloud. It tells the story of Manette's imprisonment. After hearing the story from Manette, the jury sentences Darnay to death, to pay for the sins of his father and uncle.
The courtroom crowd pours into the streets to celebrate Darnay's condemnation. Carton goes to Defarge's wine shop. The Defarge's wine shop has marvel at how much he physically resembles the condemned Darnay. At midnight Manette arrives home completely out of his mind. He looks madly for his shoemaking bench. Carton then bid farewell to Lucie. Fifty-two people had been condemned to die the next day. Darnay resolves to meet his death bravely. Carton changes cloth and switched place with Darnay. Meanwhile, Defarge heads toward Lucie apartment to catch Lucie in the illegal act of mourning a prisonor. Carton and the young seamstress reach the guillotine. The Vengence and the other revolutionary women worry that Madame Defarge will miss the beheading of Charles Darnay.In the end, Carton dies.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
The Tale of Two Cities(Page 202-301)
In Paris, Defarge entered his wine shop whome he calls Jacques. Three men came out of the shop in line individually. However, the workmen built a gallows in the middle of town, and soon the man was hanged. When the mender of roads finished his recollection, Defarge who see that their efforts will prove easier if the aristocrats continue to believe in the peasantry's allegiance. Defarge returned to Saint Antoine later that evening. A policeman friend warned Defarge that a spy name John Barsad has been sent to their neighborhood. Madame Defarge added Darnay's name to her registry, unsettling Defarge. In the eve of Lucie's marriage to Darney, Lucie and her father have enjoyed long days of happiness together. Lucie sneaked down to her father's room and finds him sleeping soundly.
Darnay and Docter Manette converse beefore going to church for Darney's wedding to Lucie. As they proceeded to go to the honeymoon. They had feared that he will not recover in time to join newlyweds, as planned, on the honeymoon, and for nine days they keep careful watch over him. On the tenth morning, Lorry wakes to find the shoemaker's bench put away and the Docter reading a book. A few days later Manette leaves to join Lucie and Darnay. In his absence, Lorry and Miss Pross hack the shoemaker's bench to pieces, burned it and bury the tool. When Lucie and Darnay returned home form their honeymoon, Sydney Carton is their first visitor. Lucie deems this judgement too harsh and insists that Carton possesses a good, heart. Years went by and Lucie and her family enjoy a tranquil life. She gives birth to a daughter, little Lucie, and a son, who dies young. Lorry visits the Darnays and reports that an alarming number of French citizens are sending their money and property to England.
One week later in Saint Antoine, Defarge arrives bearing news of the capture of Foulon, a wealthy man who once declared that if people were starving they should eat grass. The French countryside lies ruined and desolate. A unidentified man, weary from travel, meets the mender of roads. Then there was a report of a pleasant being killed. It is said it is happening all over French. Three years pass. Politcal turmoil continued in France, causing England to become a refuge for persecuted aristocrats. Lorry receives an urgent letter, addressed to the Marquis St. Evremonde, with instructions for its delivery.
Darnay and Docter Manette converse beefore going to church for Darney's wedding to Lucie. As they proceeded to go to the honeymoon. They had feared that he will not recover in time to join newlyweds, as planned, on the honeymoon, and for nine days they keep careful watch over him. On the tenth morning, Lorry wakes to find the shoemaker's bench put away and the Docter reading a book. A few days later Manette leaves to join Lucie and Darnay. In his absence, Lorry and Miss Pross hack the shoemaker's bench to pieces, burned it and bury the tool. When Lucie and Darnay returned home form their honeymoon, Sydney Carton is their first visitor. Lucie deems this judgement too harsh and insists that Carton possesses a good, heart. Years went by and Lucie and her family enjoy a tranquil life. She gives birth to a daughter, little Lucie, and a son, who dies young. Lorry visits the Darnays and reports that an alarming number of French citizens are sending their money and property to England.
One week later in Saint Antoine, Defarge arrives bearing news of the capture of Foulon, a wealthy man who once declared that if people were starving they should eat grass. The French countryside lies ruined and desolate. A unidentified man, weary from travel, meets the mender of roads. Then there was a report of a pleasant being killed. It is said it is happening all over French. Three years pass. Politcal turmoil continued in France, causing England to become a refuge for persecuted aristocrats. Lorry receives an urgent letter, addressed to the Marquis St. Evremonde, with instructions for its delivery.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
The Tale of Two Cities (Page 63-201)
In 1780, Tellson's bank in London, is suppose to lose its status as a respectable business. It is located by Temple Bar, the spot where the government displayed the heads of executed criminals. Jerry Cruncher is employed by Tellson as a runner and a messenger. Then after the bank clerk instructs Cruncher to go to hte Old Bailey Courthouse and away orders from Jarbis Lorry. Cruncher arrives at the court. Eventually Cruncher discovers that thell will serve as an witnesses against the prisoners.
The Attorney-General prosectues the case, demanding that the jury will find guild of passing the English secrets to the French hands. Docter Manette is also called to the stand, but he claims that he remembers nothing of the trip because of his illness. Mr. Stryver is in the middle of the examination but found no results. But in the end all of them exits the courtroom. All of them were found innocent.
Sydney Carton made his way from the tavern to Mr. Stryver's apartment. They had a conversation and wondered about Carton's true feelings. Four months later, Mr. Lorry had a trusted friend of the Manetter family. They discussed why the doctor continues to keep his shoemaker's bench. Monseigneur was a great lord in the royal court, and holded a reception in Paris. He surrounds himself with luxury. Later on the Marquis arrives in teh small village to which he serves as lord. He then arrives at his chateau. Later that night, his newphew arrives, with a letter from the Jacques.
After an year had passed, Darnay made a moderate living as a French Teacher in London. Dorney had left after Lucie hearing her father cobbling away at his shoemaking bench. Later Carton and Stryver worded in the chambers. Stryver suggest that Carton himself marry Lucie. The next day, Stryver plans to take Lucie to the Vauxhall Garden to propose her about the marriage. Lorry then persuades Stryver to postpone the marriange. Carton, who frequently wanders near the Manettes' house at night enters the house. Carton ends his confession with a pledge that he would do anything for Lucie.
The Attorney-General prosectues the case, demanding that the jury will find guild of passing the English secrets to the French hands. Docter Manette is also called to the stand, but he claims that he remembers nothing of the trip because of his illness. Mr. Stryver is in the middle of the examination but found no results. But in the end all of them exits the courtroom. All of them were found innocent.
Sydney Carton made his way from the tavern to Mr. Stryver's apartment. They had a conversation and wondered about Carton's true feelings. Four months later, Mr. Lorry had a trusted friend of the Manetter family. They discussed why the doctor continues to keep his shoemaker's bench. Monseigneur was a great lord in the royal court, and holded a reception in Paris. He surrounds himself with luxury. Later on the Marquis arrives in teh small village to which he serves as lord. He then arrives at his chateau. Later that night, his newphew arrives, with a letter from the Jacques.
After an year had passed, Darnay made a moderate living as a French Teacher in London. Dorney had left after Lucie hearing her father cobbling away at his shoemaking bench. Later Carton and Stryver worded in the chambers. Stryver suggest that Carton himself marry Lucie. The next day, Stryver plans to take Lucie to the Vauxhall Garden to propose her about the marriage. Lorry then persuades Stryver to postpone the marriange. Carton, who frequently wanders near the Manettes' house at night enters the house. Carton ends his confession with a pledge that he would do anything for Lucie.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The Tales of Two Cities Summary page 1-62 (Book One)
The stories begins with like a a phrase "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of the belief..." The story takes place in England and France in 1775. The era or age is made by adverse behaviors. He awnted to resemble the present time with the year Dickens wrote. In England, the public like to worry about religious prophecies such as the Christ, popular paranomal phenomena like the Cock-lane ghost. But France was having witnessing spendings and skirmishes.
It starts of on a Friday night in November 1775. A mail was sent to London from Dover. The journey was dangerous that the three men had to hike all the way to the destination. From the mist, a messenger on a horse appears and asks to speak to Jarvis Lorry. The trabelers react and felt fear if we was about to be raided or something. But Mr Lorry recognizes the msessenger's voice as Jerry Crunvher, the man at Tellson. When Jerry had got the note, it had directions of what he needed to do. He needed to wait at Dover for Mam'selle.
The narrator thinks about the secrets and mysteries that each human has. Lorry as he was riding in the seat, had imagine if he was talking to a specter, who tells Lorry his body was buried for eighteen years. Lorry begam worried and told his companions. He asked some question that was abit weird. He felt he would die as soon as he seems the woman.
Next morning, Lorry arrived at the Hotel in Dover. He wore like a businessman. Then around afternoon, a waiter announces that Lucie Manette had arrived from London. After he met the woman, he knew why she had been sent to meet Lorry. Lorry's father was a reputed docter. She than asked if he can recall life.
It starts of on a Friday night in November 1775. A mail was sent to London from Dover. The journey was dangerous that the three men had to hike all the way to the destination. From the mist, a messenger on a horse appears and asks to speak to Jarvis Lorry. The trabelers react and felt fear if we was about to be raided or something. But Mr Lorry recognizes the msessenger's voice as Jerry Crunvher, the man at Tellson. When Jerry had got the note, it had directions of what he needed to do. He needed to wait at Dover for Mam'selle.
The narrator thinks about the secrets and mysteries that each human has. Lorry as he was riding in the seat, had imagine if he was talking to a specter, who tells Lorry his body was buried for eighteen years. Lorry begam worried and told his companions. He asked some question that was abit weird. He felt he would die as soon as he seems the woman.
Next morning, Lorry arrived at the Hotel in Dover. He wore like a businessman. Then around afternoon, a waiter announces that Lucie Manette had arrived from London. After he met the woman, he knew why she had been sent to meet Lorry. Lorry's father was a reputed docter. She than asked if he can recall life.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Spectator Sport: Cafe Kaldi
Do you have a place that is reticent and
peaceful? The place where you can feel like it is Eden. The chair and pillow that makes the mood for you to enjoy. The view that makes you see the future.
The taste that makes you smile even though you are sad and depressed. That
place where you can sit for hours imagining and pondering why life is ignoble
and unseemly. Once you enter, you will feel like Forest Gump, one of the happiest characters
I had ever seen. That astonishing place is Cafe Kaldi.
The cafe is one of the most
relaxing and calming place for me. When I enter there, there are bliss that
surrounds me and emotions that doesn’t make me want to leave. What makes it
more enthralling is the music being played in the cafe. The music being
played by the sumptuous speaker is like hearing an angel from heaven playing a
harp. The sound being played is soft and clear. It passes through
your ears in a swift vibration. It's sound is silky and smooth. While you’re
indulged into the soft, comfy chair, the music being played makes you remember
all the happiness you had in your life.
To make things more gratifying,
the coffees, frappes, and desserts are exquisite. The fragrance and scent of
the coffee makes it more beguiling for me. The coffee has an unique taste that makes
you want to have it more. To make it simpler to understand, it's like cocaine
for drug addicts. For the outstanding frappes, the amounts of ingredient added
to the frappes are amazing. Like for example, if you order a Chocolate Frappe
with a marshmallow on top, the barista makes the order you ordered with a huge
smile that makes you feel like its home. The desserts there are luscious. One
of the most popular desserts there is called the Chocolate Brownie. The brownie
is really delicious. When you put the brownie in your mouth, you can feel the
chocolate and the softness of the brownie as you chew it. Another popular
dessert is the Blue Berry Cheesecake. Its taste is so vacillating. They only make it
around 30 slices of cake per month. So it’s rare to eat it, but that is what makes it so valuable.
Cafe Kaldi is like an exotic
place. With its great view, you can talk to one another for hours. Just by
sitting in front of the window, with your partner next to you, you can talk
boldly and you won't feel uncomfortable since the view gives an amazing mood.
It really gives you precious memory when you are there with your partner.
Cafe Kaldi is like Eden,
containing so many things that are dubious. It gives you memory that
you had and enjoyed. I still can remember the taste of my drink while I sat
there with that someone talking together happily.
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Sunday, August 12, 2012
One Word that Describes Me.
One word that could describe me is the word 'competitive'. I had to think a while for what word that could describe me well. I had to think real hard. My thoughts were spinning so hard which word would match me. Then I finally realized, the word 'competitive' would be the best choice. It describes me so well and I believe most people would agree too.
I realized that I'm competitive while playing sports. I really like to play basketball. I have 4 close friends that really like to enjoy playing basketball. So, I normally play basketball with them every afterschool. When we play a half-court team, I realized i really hate to lose. Losing makes me feel so wrong and feel so down. I hate that feeling so I try really hard to stay in the game and don't lose. I think that is what makes me really competitive.
After the experience with sports, I realized I hate to lose in everyway possible such as study. I realized I really hate have lower education than some of the people. So I try really hard on study so that I will feel superior to others. Then, I got the feeling that losing isn't really my style of life. Then I started to hate the taste of defeat in any way possible. So cause of all those experiences, I try real hard to be competitive and to try real hard on the things that will make me superior.
I realized that I'm competitive while playing sports. I really like to play basketball. I have 4 close friends that really like to enjoy playing basketball. So, I normally play basketball with them every afterschool. When we play a half-court team, I realized i really hate to lose. Losing makes me feel so wrong and feel so down. I hate that feeling so I try really hard to stay in the game and don't lose. I think that is what makes me really competitive.
After the experience with sports, I realized I hate to lose in everyway possible such as study. I realized I really hate have lower education than some of the people. So I try really hard on study so that I will feel superior to others. Then, I got the feeling that losing isn't really my style of life. Then I started to hate the taste of defeat in any way possible. So cause of all those experiences, I try real hard to be competitive and to try real hard on the things that will make me superior.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
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