A Tale Of Two Cities: A Comparative Analysis

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Time and time again, the past repeats itself in strange and mysterious ways. The events of the french revolution and A Tale of Two Cities have shown up in many different culture. Many people struggle to read A Tale of Two Cities because they struggle to find the relevance in the story to today's world. As George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. It is blatantly apparent that many people have forgotten the past because parallels between today and the story. Through wealth being divided unequally, to leaders coming out of less than ideal conditions to help their people. A Tale of Two Cities really does mirror life in many ways.

One major problem in A Tale of Two Cities is how mistreated the poor
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The peasants of France were tired of being grossly mistreated by the aristocrats so they turned to violence to solve their issues. They started by storming the Bastille to free all the prisoners and then all the aristocrats were arrested and killed. This shows how brutal people can become when oppressed for so long. This type of behavior shows up again in today’s society in Egypt. There is avery large political strain in Egypt’s culture today. Two different religions have caused much strife and differences in leadership. One group is very vocal in their disapproval of leadership and the other side is not vocal in approval. This creates an atmosphere of hostility and unrest in the egyptian society very similar to pre-revolution france. “Scattered violence was reported as fireworks and lasers lighted the Sunday night sky. The state news agency said about 500 young men hurling stones and Molotov cocktails set ablaze the headquarters of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood party in Cairo. Four people were killed — three of them outside a Brotherhood office in Assiut — in clashes in Upper Egypt. More than 220 were injured nationwide, according to security officials.” (Fleishman & Hassieb) These events show how violent people can get when they feel oppressed. Almost a mirror image of the peasants in france so they story relates directly to the real

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