Charles Dickens shows that he greatly believes in sacrifice, by enabling many characters in the book to give up things for something that they love. In A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, readers can feel how much the characters care for the sacrifices they make for each other. Charles Dickens starts the book with little kind acts that the characters do for one another, but as the book continues, the acts of kindness turn into great sacrifices. There are three characters in the book that perform huge sacrifices for the things that they care about. Charles Darnay, Miss Pross, and Dr. Manette all make great sacrifices because of their devotion to the things they love.
Charles Darnay is very dedicated, and this is shown through the sacrifices he makes. Charles Darnay is a very loyal character in the book, and it shows when he says that “Even in my father’s time we did a world of wrong, injuring every human creature who came between us and our pleasure, what ever it was. Why need I speak of my father’s time, when it is equally yours? Can I separate my father’s twin brother, joint inheritor, and next successor, from himself” (Dickens 94)? Darnay is speaking to his uncle about how he would like to change his name and move to England because he no longer wants to be known as an aristocrat. He is making the sacrifice of …show more content…
Manette make sacrifices so the people and things they love can be happy. A sacrifice can make and break people’s lives, and the sacrifices made in the book enable happiness in all of the characters. Even though some characters in A Tale of Two Cities have to make sacrifices, everything turns out fine because the sacrifices they make save lives, and in the end, mostly everything works out. A sacrifice is something valuable that is given up for something with more importance, and the sacrifices made in the book enable the special people or things to be
Charles Darnay is very dedicated, and this is shown through the sacrifices he makes. Charles Darnay is a very loyal character in the book, and it shows when he says that “Even in my father’s time we did a world of wrong, injuring every human creature who came between us and our pleasure, what ever it was. Why need I speak of my father’s time, when it is equally yours? Can I separate my father’s twin brother, joint inheritor, and next successor, from himself” (Dickens 94)? Darnay is speaking to his uncle about how he would like to change his name and move to England because he no longer wants to be known as an aristocrat. He is making the sacrifice of …show more content…
Manette make sacrifices so the people and things they love can be happy. A sacrifice can make and break people’s lives, and the sacrifices made in the book enable happiness in all of the characters. Even though some characters in A Tale of Two Cities have to make sacrifices, everything turns out fine because the sacrifices they make save lives, and in the end, mostly everything works out. A sacrifice is something valuable that is given up for something with more importance, and the sacrifices made in the book enable the special people or things to be