Period 1 TOTC Connector Blog 4
My connection is between Book the Third Chapter 6: Triumph and To Kill a Mockingbird.
In Chapter 6: There is a large gathering at Darnay’s trial. They are all waiting and wondering what will happen and what new information will be revealed. Also in this chapter Dr. Manette tells everybody at the trial that Darnay is his son-in-law. The jury acquits Darnay and drops all charges. The people are then very happy.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, there is also a trial going on about Tom Robinson raping Mayella Ewell. One connection between the two, is that many people also gathered at Tom’s trial. This shows that many people are nosy and butt into other peoples business. It also shows how some times people have nothing better to do. Another connection between the two is that even though both stories have different verdicts against the criminals, in the end the people who gathered are happy. In A Tale of Two Cities, the people are happy that the jury acquit Darnay and carry him out on a chair. Where as in To Kill a Mockingbird, all of the white people are happy that Tom was found guilty.
Another connection between the two books is that in both stories we see the difference between the haves and the have nots. In a Tale of Two Cities we see the upper class who has many things and are not affected by any of the occurring problems. Then there is the middle and lower class who is looked down upon by the Upper class and are facing poverty. It is like this in To Kill a Mockingbird. You have the whites how have many things and look down upon the blacks, and the blacks are facing many problems caused by the whites and are also living in poverty.
Time for questions! Are there any other connections between To Kill a Mockingbird and A Tale of Two Cities?
What does this connection show us about how people of different social classes treat each other?
Have Fun! =]
~Lauren Gress~
Category: Per 1 ToTC Con 3 comments »
March 8th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
I would like to add that at the very end of A Tale of Two Cities, Darnay is found guilty. This is his third trial of the book. In the first two he was found innocent, but in the last one the jury rules him guilty. At the last trial, the crowd is happy that Darnay is guilty, which is like what happened at the trial in To Kill A Mockingbird. The connection I would like to add is between Carton and Boo Radley. Boo was always portrayed as the “bad guy” of the town. Rumors went around about all the horrible things he did and how he was locked up inside of his house. But much later in the novel it is revealed that Boo was the one who was doing all the kind things for the children like mending Jem’s pants, leaving stuff for them in the knothole, and covering them with a blanket. Carton is also portrayed in a bad light at the beginning of the novel. At the beginning, Carton is a drunk with no apparent feelings for anyone besides himself. He is obviously very smart, but he chose to waste his life instead of taking opportunities. But by the end of the novel, Carton becomes the hero, and he is shown in a new way. To put it simply, both books have a villain that becomes the hero by the end.
In both books, it is pretty obvious that people who are considered “higher” than others could care less about those below them. Even though the upper class in A Tale of Two Cities has the power to change things, they ignore it and stick to themselves. This is the same in To Kill a Mockingbird. The whites on the jury could rule in favor of Tom, but instead they choose not to, possibly because they consider him to be inferior. So I guess what I am trying to say is that the books show how often times people with the most power are the ones who should have that power taken away from them. It’s like that quote from Spiderman, “With great power comes great responsibility.”
Erin B
March 8th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
I have read To Kill a Mockingbird and now that Lauren has brought up the point about these two books relating I am noticing the similarities and differences. One major difference that I noticed is that there is a trail taking place in both, however, in A Tale of Two Cities it is happening in an upper class community in Europe and in To Kill a Mockingbird the setting is a rural southern town. This is sidgnificant because the way people act differs from community to community. A similarity that I found to be common between the characters in both books is that they all take social order into consideration. People are not concerned with justice or other’s feelings, but only how the outcome will effect them and both books show this.
-Megan Campbell
sorry this is late my computer is complety crashed and im using other people’s
March 9th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
I agree with everyone so far. This book is a lot like To Kill a Mockingbird. Megan was right about the settings being really important. The way that whites treated African-Americans and the way that upper-class treated lower-class are very different. But the general ideas are very similar. The people in the books are very similar in the way that they treat the trials like soap operas. They aren’t interested in what happens to the people, just the entertainment they will get out of it.
-Maddie Zinn