Sydney Carton Careless Quotes

Sydney Carton originally in the book displays himself as being careless. In the beginning of the novel Carton could not care about his actions. He did not care about his appearance or the characters feelings. The characters notice this at the trial, especially his friend Mr. Stryver, who says, “Allowing for my learned friend’s appearance being careless and slovenly if not debauched,”(87). This quote conveys, Carton is smart but he does not come off as it. Additionally, it means that Carton is not well dressed and is careless about how he shown to the world. Since Carton is described as being careless, this is important because before his transformation he would not care about his actions or his appearance. Carton would only care about drinking …show more content…
Carton later reveals his thoughts on himself and says “It is too late for that. I shall never be better than I am. I shall sink lower, and be worse.”(172). This means, Carton has decided that it is too late for him to change, he is at his best and will continue to become a worse person everyday. This is valuable because Carton is saying that he is careless because he is referring to himself as terrible person and someone who can never change because of his actions and his personality. Other characters in the book notice that Carton is careless as well. During a conversation with the Dr. Manette and his family, Charles Darnay reveals his thoughts on Carton and his behavior. Darnay is said to have talked about Carton in a bad manner, “Spoke of Sydney Carton as a problem of carelessness and recklessness.”(236). This means that in Darnay’s opinion Carton is more of problem and he is reckless and careless. This quote is significant because almost everyone in the novel thinks that Carton is careless and gets in the way, and whatever he does is problematic and at this point there is no point in hoping for change, which is later proven