Monday, December 9, 2013
Life After This Blog Post
I wrote myself a letter using FutureMe today, in that letter I wrote about things that are happening in my life right now, little things that I might forget down the road and hopefully will give me a laugh next year when I'm preparing for my first college finals.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Lit Circles
My job was to be the Summarizer, and I was also assigned the first two questions of the literature analysis which include the summary of the book. My summary is in my literature analysis.
Lit Analysis: A Tale of Two Cities
I'm working with Danny Luu, Lesther Valenzuela, and Miranda Nillo
1.) In 1775 a man named Jarvis Lorry gets a message to wait for a young woman, Lorry meets Lucie Manette, a young orphan, who finds out that the father she believed was dead is alive in France. Manette has gone crazy from being locked up for 18 years and now makes shoes. A few years later a man named Charles Darnay is accused of treason against England, he is acquitted with the help of a lawyer named Stryver and his drunk colleague Sydney Carton. In France a man named Marquis Evremond runs down a poor child with his carriage, but since he's a horrible person who's an important part of the French aristocracy he doesn't care and goes about his day as usual, waiting at home for the arrival of Darnay who is his nephew. Darnay is outraged at the aristocracy and plans to leave, but before he can Evremond is murdered by a French revolutionary. A year later Darnay asks permission from Manette to marry Lucie, telling Manette that if she says yes he will reveal his true self to Manette; Carton also admits that he's in love with Lucie. Darnay reveals his identity to Manette on the day of his wedding which sends Manette back into his old behaviors and he begins making shoes again, but he recovers quickly and joins the couple on their honeymoon. After the couple gets back home Carton comes by and makes sure he and Darnay are on good terms and Darnay confirms this. Years later the French Revolution begins and Evremond's estate manager is imprisoned, three years later he writes to Darnay asking for help and Darnay immediately leaves for France. Darnay is arrested as soon as he arrives and Lucie and Manette head to France to try and help. Darnay is acquitted and arrested again on the same day so Carton plans to break him out with the help of a man named John Barsad. Darnay is convicted for the crimes of his ancestors and is to be executed, Madame Defarge plans to kill Lucie and their daughter as well. Carton gets the Manettes out of France and switches places with an unconscious Darnay and is executed in his place.
2.)A big theme in A Tale of Two Cities is sacrifice, this is represented by the French revolutionaries willing to risk their lives for the good of their country and Carton who is willing to risk his life in order to save the lives of people important to him to give his life meaning.
1.) In 1775 a man named Jarvis Lorry gets a message to wait for a young woman, Lorry meets Lucie Manette, a young orphan, who finds out that the father she believed was dead is alive in France. Manette has gone crazy from being locked up for 18 years and now makes shoes. A few years later a man named Charles Darnay is accused of treason against England, he is acquitted with the help of a lawyer named Stryver and his drunk colleague Sydney Carton. In France a man named Marquis Evremond runs down a poor child with his carriage, but since he's a horrible person who's an important part of the French aristocracy he doesn't care and goes about his day as usual, waiting at home for the arrival of Darnay who is his nephew. Darnay is outraged at the aristocracy and plans to leave, but before he can Evremond is murdered by a French revolutionary. A year later Darnay asks permission from Manette to marry Lucie, telling Manette that if she says yes he will reveal his true self to Manette; Carton also admits that he's in love with Lucie. Darnay reveals his identity to Manette on the day of his wedding which sends Manette back into his old behaviors and he begins making shoes again, but he recovers quickly and joins the couple on their honeymoon. After the couple gets back home Carton comes by and makes sure he and Darnay are on good terms and Darnay confirms this. Years later the French Revolution begins and Evremond's estate manager is imprisoned, three years later he writes to Darnay asking for help and Darnay immediately leaves for France. Darnay is arrested as soon as he arrives and Lucie and Manette head to France to try and help. Darnay is acquitted and arrested again on the same day so Carton plans to break him out with the help of a man named John Barsad. Darnay is convicted for the crimes of his ancestors and is to be executed, Madame Defarge plans to kill Lucie and their daughter as well. Carton gets the Manettes out of France and switches places with an unconscious Darnay and is executed in his place.
2.)A big theme in A Tale of Two Cities is sacrifice, this is represented by the French revolutionaries willing to risk their lives for the good of their country and Carton who is willing to risk his life in order to save the lives of people important to him to give his life meaning.
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