A Different Love
In the United States 90 percent of couples are married at least by the age of fifty, however 40 to 50 percent of these couples get divorced, the percent is even higher for subsequent couples. Researchers also took a national survey to see what the most common cause for divorce was, the results concluded that 73 percent of failed marriages were due to lack of commitment. To make a marriage successful both parties must be like the characters in Charles Dickens book, Tale of Two cities, they were examples of how true love is protective, sacrificial, and compassionate. For instance, when Lucie meets her father for the first time after spending most of her life thinking he was dead, she “held him close,” and laid his head “on her breast like a child,” telling …show more content…
She knows it will take a while for him to gain back the years he has lost. Regardless she devotes herself to making him happy and helping him get back to the person he used to be. Furthermore, after Sydney Carton confesses his love for Lucie, he tells her that he is the “one who died young,” and she responds to him by saying that he is “much, much worthier of [himself]” (176). In today’s society people like Mr.Carton, a drunken neanderthal, are disliked and harshly judged by most people. Lucie on the other hand, believes that Sydney is a good person deep down; she doesn't believe he is the person he makes himself out to be, she also doesn't believe that people treat him fairly. As she believes, people like Mr.Carton need to be shown love and kindness. Finally, after Sydney tries to reconcile with Lucie’s husband and Darnay rejects him, Lucie asks Darnay to be more kind to Carton because he “ has a heart he very seldom reveals,” and that she knows he has “ deep wounds” (244). Lucie knows that Sydney is a sensitive person,but he is full of self hatred. She knows it is wrong to let her husband talk badly about Sydney after he is making an effort to be a more
In the United States 90 percent of couples are married at least by the age of fifty, however 40 to 50 percent of these couples get divorced, the percent is even higher for subsequent couples. Researchers also took a national survey to see what the most common cause for divorce was, the results concluded that 73 percent of failed marriages were due to lack of commitment. To make a marriage successful both parties must be like the characters in Charles Dickens book, Tale of Two cities, they were examples of how true love is protective, sacrificial, and compassionate. For instance, when Lucie meets her father for the first time after spending most of her life thinking he was dead, she “held him close,” and laid his head “on her breast like a child,” telling …show more content…
She knows it will take a while for him to gain back the years he has lost. Regardless she devotes herself to making him happy and helping him get back to the person he used to be. Furthermore, after Sydney Carton confesses his love for Lucie, he tells her that he is the “one who died young,” and she responds to him by saying that he is “much, much worthier of [himself]” (176). In today’s society people like Mr.Carton, a drunken neanderthal, are disliked and harshly judged by most people. Lucie on the other hand, believes that Sydney is a good person deep down; she doesn't believe he is the person he makes himself out to be, she also doesn't believe that people treat him fairly. As she believes, people like Mr.Carton need to be shown love and kindness. Finally, after Sydney tries to reconcile with Lucie’s husband and Darnay rejects him, Lucie asks Darnay to be more kind to Carton because he “ has a heart he very seldom reveals,” and that she knows he has “ deep wounds” (244). Lucie knows that Sydney is a sensitive person,but he is full of self hatred. She knows it is wrong to let her husband talk badly about Sydney after he is making an effort to be a more