Nolan B.
Mr. Salsich
English 9
2/16/11
Cherishing Tale of Two Cities:
An Essay about What I’ll Remember about Tale of Two Cities
We have read the book Tale of Two Cities for several months now, a very important piece of our class. So much happened in the book that it is hard to write about it all. Dickens puts so much thought into the books he writes that it comes to the point where you have to believe him to be a masterful planner, someone who puts in entire mind to what he’s writing, never letting his mind go stray. I will remember this book for a very long time for it is memorable material.
One character I will certainly remember in this book will be Sydney Carton. He started off as one of those characters that all you could do is feel bad for. He constantly would go down on himself and get drunk, caring nothing about what he was doing to his body. His character was just plain miserable, and there is no other way to describe it. As the book went on though, you could see change in Carton. He gradually slowed his drinking down until it came to a stop, becoming a big part of his life no more. Change continued to happen to him until he turned into one of the bravest and courageous characters of them all in the end by sacrificing himself for Lucie and her daughter.
The other character that will retain itself in me would be Miss Pross. Miss Pross’s character was sort of sad like Sydney Carton’s in a way because of her background with her brother, who robbed her of everything. She had loved her brother very much and still did even after what he had done. This takes a true and loving person to forgive someone who doesn’t deserve to be. This worked out to benefit her in the end though because it led her to Lucie, the only person who could keep her sane. Miss Pross treasured Lucie like a daughter, and she would do anything to protect her. This was even proven in the book when she had killed an evil woman named Madame Defarge, who was after Lucie and her head. Miss Pross too has found a place in my head to stay and never leave.
Sydney Carton and Miss Pross are the two people that really stood out to me. They conquered any obstacles or problems they had in life and then continued to do good things for others. Sydney even sacrificed his life for another, one of the most heroic things you could ever do. In my opinion, Dickens did his best work in this book by creating these two characters.
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Self-Assessment
1.) I am still continuing to work on my different length's of my sentences. I think I did well on this
this essay though because I tried to do both long and short sentences throughout it.
2.) A strong point I see in this essay is my special effects. I used quite a few, and I was trying to also
to make my writing more interesting.
3.) A weak point in this essay are my closing and opening paragraph's. They seem a little vague, but
I wasn't sure how to make them anymore specific.
4.) I would give myself a B on this essay.
