My Commons on a Tale of Two Cities

This term I read the novel a tale of teo cities according to our English teacher .Honestly, this is not only the first time I read this almost world- famous novel but also the first time I read an English book. I deeply believe that for me the inner true essence can only be found after a dozen of times reading,so I just have some uncomplicated commons on it.

As we all know, Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities is based on the French Revolution in the late 1800s. it is one of Dickens's most important representative works. the society contradiction before the French Revolution,intensely attacks the aristocratic social class is dissolute and cruel,and sincerely sympathizes with the depressed classes In that terrible time, every moment was full of great fear. the common people, especially the peasants, were poor, hungry and unhappy. The king and the noble men maltreated the poor in many ways but they had never felt a little ashamed, on the contrary they thought they could do bad things in the nature of things.

The novel sride 18 years . the author take the fictional character Doctor Nanette’s experience as the main clue, interweaves the unjust charge, love and revenge three independences but also incident cross-correlation stories together, and the clue is complex.

18 years before, in 1757, because of knowing a terrible secret, Dr. Manette was picked up and sent to the Bastille--- one of the most terrible prisons in the world, by the noble Marquis St. Evremonde. 18 years after ,in 1775, His only daughter, Lucie Manette, fell in love with Charles Darnay, the nephew of the Marquis St. Evremonde, which abandoned the noble degree to live by himself.

“Let the past be past.” Thought Dr. Marnette, and was preparing to have a happy new life with his daughter and her hus band. But the revolution of France broke, and because of his family, Charles Darnay was denounced--- denounced by a letter which was wrote by Dr. Marnette himself 18 years ago! What a cruel strike! Isn’t it? Though he was innocent, poor Charles would have been sent to the

guillotine.

The story seems to be over, but There is another man we might refer to, that is Sydney Carton, the lawyer of England, the good friend of Manette’s families, who took after Charles very much. It was he, finally be killed instead by his own mind. Why? As you may ask, I want to ask the same question. That is because---I guess---love. And of course, the HOPE, yes, the HOPE. When Sydney was killed as Charles, there was much hope on his face. What was he thinking about as he went to his death? If we could have listened to his thoughts, we might have heard beautiful things:

in my view, Mr. Carton is the real hero. What kind of love will lead a person to save an irrelevant person's life with his own life, just because she loves this man, and if he died, she'll suffer from deep sorrow? How much has he sacrificed in order to earn the happiness of the one she loves? To some degree, he's helping his enemy. He has both the bright side and the dark side. He used to be Stryver's "jackal" who acts as the most humblest capacity. He used to be indifferent to troubles of others. When she appears, he gives his life to her.

As an outstanding writer, in Dickens's work, the language skill is essential. Each kind of rhetoric technique, like the analogy, the exaggeration, the contrast, the humorous, and the taunt are handled skillfully and the artistry of the work is also delivered the peak.

But as for me the most thing the novel imperessed me is this novel criticizes the violence and oppression in the society. The author expresses his opinion on two parts. First, he criticizes the aristocrats, esp. the representative Marquis of Evremonde. Second, he also criticizes the revolutionaries in the French Revolution. when we see from the description of the couple, the author does not think high of the revolution. When the revolutionaries begin their revenge, the author describes that everyone is terrible, the man is terrible, the woman crazy, and there is not a human creature at that time. We can see although the author does not show his agreement to the aristocrats’ cruelty, he does not like the bloody revolution, either.

What is more, this novel advocates love and self-sacrifice. Dr. Manette, Charles Darnay, and Sydney Carton, all desperate men leading catastrophic lives, make great sacrifices in order to attain true physical, spiritual, and societal resurrection for themselves and the ones they love.

Overall, Charles Dickens is a humanitarian. And according to the analysis of the characters in A Tales of Two Cities, we can see that the author advocates the universal love and equality between human beings. And this is the basic element in a peaceful and harmonious society. Everyone should love people and only the humanitarianism can improve this situation. And A Tale of Two Cities is the best work, which embodies his humanitarianism. So that we can see that Charles Dickens is an outstanding humanitarian of the capitalistic reformism in the 19th century.

That's my understanding of a part of this book. And I'll read it again to catch more.

 

第二篇：双城记英文读后感-a tale of two cities

Tell them the story

——A tale of two cities

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To those who doesn’t know the story ,we must let them know, there was once a different world than the one they see ……A crazy ,dark and cold society ,where many people—— the beautiful , the innocent ,and the good were sentenced to death by the crazy , unreasoning “good” citizens . Let them know, there was once a kind gentleman, who touch people’s spirit and hearts deeply……

It was a novel based on the French Revolution in the late 1800s. In that terrible time, every moment was full of great fear. Before that great revolution, the common people, especially the peasants, were poor, hungry and unhappy. The king and the noble men maltreated the poor in many ways but they had never felt a little ashamed, on the contrary they thought they could do bad things in the nature of things.

The Marquis of Evremonde was the representative of the hateful noble men. He and his brother killed a beautiful girl ,her brother ,and her father .Dr Manette ,who knew their scandals clearly ,was put into prison for no good reasons for 18 years .During the dark and long period ,he was mentally and physically damaged . Her daughter, Lucie ,was a gentle and beautiful girl .She was loved by two young gentlemen at the same time——Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton .Though Charles was a French man and Sydney was an Englishman, the two men looked like each other very much, but Lucie only fell in love with Charles .On the day of Lucie’s marriage to Charles Darnay, Charles told Dr Manette that he was the nephew of The Marquis of Evremonde. In order to save his daughter’s happiness, Dr Manette put his hate for the hateful family aside and pretended to know nothing. Try to think about it ,in those years that was full of anger and revenge ,if a person were treated like that ,he must hate the whole family of the noble extremely, just like Madame Defarge, whose family was destroyed by The Evremondes brother ,but he forgave him! We can see how calm and wise Dr Manette was . But the past hadn’t disappeared and been forgotten ,the terrible thing was waiting for them ——because of his special status, Charles ,who was very kind to others and did everything he could to redeem his family’s crime ,was sentenced to death! Sadness hang over them day and night ,and hero always appear at

this time ——Sydney Carton .

“ Darnary counted the hours——nine, gone for ever, ten, eleven, twelve, gone for ever”, in fact ,he counted the time for Sydney ——the brave man would give his life to keep her dear Lucie’s love alive. In the prison, he made Charles aswoon and put on Darnary’s clothes. When Charles was safe, he waited for death lonely and calmly. Then he met with an innocent pure girl, they gave encouragement to each other so when they faced death they wouldn’t be too afraid. The atmosphere around the Guillotine was terrible, but Sydney was very calm——he died for love! He knew that what matters are the lives we touch when we are alive.

“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far ,far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.” He could never see his dear motherland, England, but he had a hope for the bright future——a happy and peaceful life in his motherland ,and all over the world.

Let’s tell them the story , and pray for the unforgettable man :

Explain that life a gift we must cherish

And that we mustn’t be selfish when it is time to let go