Comments on a Tale of Two Cities

Crazily, but truthfully, I finished reading the most part of the novel "A Tale of Two Cities" in a short time. Lost in the story, I felt like being together with the characters and experiencing the same exciting events. Soon it came to an end. To tell you my feelings, it’s infinite saddened a strong emotion that can drive me to cry.

Actually, the novel is full and gets more exciting as it comes to the end. This classical book is like a stream that seriatim together in the beginning and finally becomes a great river pentium. For example, the most prominent is the chapter 6 of section 2 which talks about hundreds of people, this section is so amazingly intact that can be considered as another new story because the complex relationship between doctor Manette can not be seen till the end of this whole section.  There is no doubt that the last two chapters is the climax, the most exciting part, it makes me think about and feel the revolution back to that time, the society was chaotic and people all lost their right and freedom, maybe these are the fundamental reason that lead to so many tragedies of this novel at that time. 

The novel has portrayed many different people. An interesting and meaningful thing is to distinguish characteristics among these different people. Doctor Manette is honest and kind but suffers the persecution. Actually, Lucie is beautiful and gentle, Charles is graceful and noble Lorry is upright and honest, Sydney is semblance of indifferent, innermost feelings of warm and unconventional but also selfless and lofty. Miss Pross is straightforward and loyal; Evremonde brothers are cruel and sinister. The complex hatred is hard to solve, the cruel revenge has made more hatreds, loves rebirth in the hell edge, but take the life as the price.

Today, Lucie Manette would by no means be taken seriously as a believable, even likable character. She persists in fainting at particularly stressful moments, but when her husband is before a heartless, bloodthirsty jury, she looks brave and strong just for him. In context, this was a screaming contradiction, but one that Dickens required to portray his Eve. It is much easier to believe Madame Defarge's hate than her opposition's love. Defarge's sister was raped and murdered mercilessly and a pair heartless “noblemen” killed her brother. It is much easier to understand Defarge's taste for blood than the condition of Manette, who, after practicing as a competent doctor and acting normally for years, experiences a recurrence of his mental condition simply because his wonderful daughter has left for two weeks, although he has two dear friends nearby.

Charles Dickens has built an enduring story enjoyed by millions, which is loved by experts and critics today although it would be immediately butchered if written by a modern author. It is a love story loved by its creator, but wholly unbelievable. It is actually doomed by its own idealism and unrealistic characters. As a hate story, it is much more competent, although also using this for its own purposes. One can draw one's own conclusions and ideas from such a book, but facts will always be facts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pO2DnAMzos

(This is the movie I found from youtube based on the hover"a tale of two cities" which can helps understand the society situation during French Revolution better )