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Hard Times is a novel written by Charles Dickens which judge the English society and tells us about the social and economic pressures of the 19th century. Hard Times is a Victorian novel and is very realistic. Victorian novels bring about realism in literature. Dickens novels are realistic depiction of Victorian society like class consciousness, rapid urbanization, poverty, child labor etc. Dickens talk about love, aspiration, human passion and Hard Times is a novel written by Charles Dickens…

One day Mirna,Christy,and Amy were getting ready for the first day of school they were so nervous but at the same time they were excited to see how their first year at middle school would be.First,Mirna and Amy were done getting ready and they walk to the park to wait for the bus to come since that's where the bus usually come for the kids that leave a little far away from schools.Next,the bus came and Mirna,Amy and Christy were going inside the bus there was to many kids that they didn't know…

interacts with family, the public, and can alter how one views their identity. Three texts that will be utilized in support of this are Aria: Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood by Richard Rodriguez, Mother Tongue by Amy Tan, and The “F” Word by Firoozeh Dumas. When Richard Rodriguez, in his memoir Aria: Memoirs of a Bilingual Childhood, began to speak English, it altered his relationship…

The experience of war is different for all involved. Victims feel pain. They are isolated and forgotten, thinking no one remembers their plight. Especially those who are physically removed from their communities and homes, locked in prisons and concentration camps, unsure of what each moment will hold. And then there are those who watch situations develop and unfold. They read the headlines, feel a momentary sadness as they think about the prisoners, but then move on to the next event in…

Dr Manette, a round character in A Tale of Two Cities, is a very dynamic role player who, through his sacrifice and struggles with the help of his daughter is able to persevere. At the start of the novel Mr. Manette is a crazy doctor who is in prison, making shoes to occupy and help coax him through the trauma of prison. Manette, through the novel is seen as a not only a round character but also a dynamic character. Manette over the course of the novel, undergoes drastic change. He is…

Charles Darnay’s wife is Lucie, Dr. Manette’s daughter. Lucie had grown up not knowing her parents and thought her father, Dr. Manette was dead; she later found he was imprisoned in a French prison. She also suffered along Darnay all the times he was accused. She had to suffer when her husband was waiting to be put to death, while also worrying that she may be killed herself. Also, though she has been worried and stressed over things all her life, she has learned to have joy. She has learned to…

Dr. Manette is one character that secretly illustrates the theme of appearance versus reality. In book one, Lucie Manette, daughter of Dr. Manette, finds her father and brings him “back to life” (54). Lucie helps her father to restart his life with her. Adding onto this, Dr. Manette appears to be well again, but the truth is, Dr. Manette is dying inside. When he reconnects with his daughter, Dr. Manette also starts caring for patients again. During the novel, Dr. Manette relapses several…

Jane Chretien was born in Shawinigan,Quebec on January 11,1934. Chretien was eighteen child of nineteen children of the Chretien family. The Christians supported the liberal party very strongly. Jean had interest in politics in his early life which was influenced by his parents. He went to university at St.Joseph's Seminary and earned a BA in 1995. At Laval University he got his law degree from where he was also president of a club called young liberals. He soon got married to…

Doctor Manette in “Book the First” is broken and suffering from what we now know as PTSD, from being locked away in prison for eighteen years; prison has altered his personality. Dr. Manette no longer has an identity and refers to himself as the building he was held in, in Bastille prison. “One Hundred and Five, North Tower.” (Dickens 72) Although he is still in the prison mindset and a shell of his former self he still maintains the qualities of a round character. He is a figure of the trauma…

Dr. Manette is a very important character who makes a dramatic change throughout book the first of A Tale of Two Cities and can be considered a round character. Dr. Manette is originally considered dead but is then brought to light that he was imprisoned. Dr. Manette the makes a recovery from being barely human to being a fully functioning person. This transformation shows how realistic Dr. Manette because many people go through similar feelings when faced with similar situations. Dr.…