Sydney is very jealous of Darnay and Lucie and he is a pain in the butt, I feel like when you think he is gone he comes back. Why does he hang around so much, he doesn’t even have a shot with Lucie she is MARRIED! I personally dislike this character the most so far.

I like how Charles is letting the time pass by quickly it is showing how the lower class is rising up and challenging the upper class. It is also showing how the main characters in the story are changing and letting new character com3e in.

Leah is right, Madame Defarge is a spy and killing the people is her job, do you guys think knitting the names makes it easier for her because it calms her down? And there were police back in the 18 century but during the revolution I feel like it was every man for himself, at least every poor person for them self.

The book is taking place in two cities (countries) France-Paris and England-London. There are two revolutions going on with the countries and I am going to once again agree with what Leah said, I think that there are two sets of characters good and bad one and they make up two cities in a way.
-Rebecca Krick

First you ask why Mr. Manette has gone back to making shoes. There could be a lot of ways to look at this. I think that it is a sign of depression. His daughter was married. To him this means that he is losing her. He doesn’t know how to express these feelings, so he goes back to what he did all the time.

Next you say that Cartoon and Darnay hate each other. I don’t agree with this. Even though the court case and every thing they sound like they got over it. They even talk about being friends.

To answer your next question about why the author is letting time go by, is to show the reader that things have developed and people have gotten used to each other. Like the marriage of Lucie and Charles. They have lived a happy marriage.

You next ask about why Madame Defarge is doing this. I am also confused about this. I had to do some research about the time period. It just seems to be endless rioting.

Lastly you talk about why the story is called the Tale of Two Cities. The story takes place in two different cities, London and Franch. Throughout the story Dickens has been switching to each city. Maybe later in the story these cities will come together more. By this i mean they will have to do with each other more.
-Julian Garcia

To answer your next question, what do I think of Sydney Carton… Well, he did and possibly still does like Lucie, so it is probably hard to tear himself away from the girl he loves. Yet, to the reader he may seem a little annoying, because he doesn’t technically have to be a part of the story. He seems to be somewhat of a neusance. And of course, Alex, he is definatly jealous of Lucie and Darnay.

Truthfully, I do not know why the author is letting all this time go by. Maybe it is simply because not much different happens during that time.

Just to throw it out there, maybe Madame Defarge is secretly a spy and she is killing all these people as a part of her work. Also in this time period, I’m not sure if there is a police, but even if there was, because of the war they probably don’t do much good. Also it is most likely hard to inforce the law during this time of war.

Lastly, this book is probably called ‘Tale of Two Cities’ because of the war going on. Maybe there is also some inside connection you could make between the characters and the title. Perhaps Lucie, Darnay, Mr. Lorry and some others could be on one side, while Carton, Madame Defarge, and some others could be on the other side.

-Leah Sevco