Jade
English 9
Mr. Salsich
11/30/10
Main Point/Thesis of Essay- Sydney Carton knows what he is, doesn't try to change it. However, is still changing.
Bell Word- Change
Paragraph 1 -- Opening
TS- Kind of person who thinks cant be changed
CM- Doesn't know how to live any other way
CM- Changing, not realizing
CS- Becoming someone better
Paragraph 2 -- First Body
TS- Does not think he can/will ever change.
SD- Thinks he is a bad person
CM- Repeatedly tells people this (Lucie, Darnay etc)
CM- Does not think too much of it, almost accepts it
SD- Inside he wants to change
CM- Doesn't know how
CM- Subconsciously reaches out to people
SD- Doesn't realize he's changing
CM- Loves Lucie, started to change when he realized this
CM- Becoming different person, Lucie might like more
CS- Starting to change because of one person
Paragraph 3 -- Second Body
TS- I would tell Carton to stop fighting what's happening
SD- Though he doesn't realize completely, he is changing
CM- Needs to learn to let go, stop trying to be the recluse
CM- Go with whats naturally happening
SD- Acting like a martyr, needs to stop
CM- Behavior not good, drawing neg. attention from everyone
CM- Everyone except Lucie, who cares for him
SD- Lucie is making him a more sensitive person
CM- Needs to use that, become that person fully
CM- Stop pushing feelings away (for Lucie) try to get her by being better
CS- Need to accept what's going on, denial not good
Paragraph 4 -- Closing
TS- Everything always changing
CM- Even if same pattern still changes
CM- Learn to embrace change, part of everything
CS- Make him (and us) find new us
TS There are people in our world, both fictional and non fictional, who believe they will never change. In the book A Tale of Two Cites, by Charles Dickens, Sydney Carton is one of those characters. SD He is forever seeing himself as a bad person, and on more than one occasion has not refrained from expressing these thoughts. CM Both Charles Darnay and Lucie Manette have witnessed first hand his rants on how he is a "self-flung away, wasted, drunken, poor creature of miss use" (Dickens, 156). CM With this being said, most would strive to become something else, something better. However, Carton is different. He acts with indifference, almost acceptance when this subject is brought up. SD Even with this being said, deep down inside he craves to be a better person. CM The only thing prohibiting him from doing do is his lack of information regarding how to make connections with people. CM However, since his conscience is not strong enough to pull him out of his dark little hole, his sub conscience still reaches out the only way it knows how, by spending time with Lucie. SD This small action is one that proves he is changing. CM Lucie has been the key since he realized he loved her. CM It is this love that is changing Carton into a different person, whether he struggles against it or not. CS And it is because of this one person, a seemingly boring character in Dickens entire plot, that is provoking such large reactions out of some of the more regular characters in the novel.
