A Tale of Two Cities Part the First

The Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

The first part of The Tale of Two Cities covers pages ix (the introduction) through page 73.  In these beginning pages you learn of what the reference to the two cities means, who the main characters are (some of them at least), and what tale will be told.  From what I have learned the two cities are based in England and France respectively.  Mr. Jarvis Lorry, Madame Manette and her father Monsieur Manette, and Mr. Jerry Cruncher are the main characters I have learned of so far.  The goal has been for Lorry and Manette to bring Monsieur Manette back to the life, and man, he once was before he was put in prison and buried alive.

Text to text:  The connection is found between The Tale of Two Cities and The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe.  It was a very direct reminder to the story by Poe because of the horrifying experience being buried alive invokes in any human.

Text to reader:  I connected this part of the story to myself with the fear of the unknown.  I hate not knowing something, even if it is of minor significance. In the book so far many pieces are missing: Monsieur Manette doesn't know his story, Lorry and Madame Manette don't know what will happen in the near future with the father, Cruncher doesn't know what is wife is out doing at night, and the man in court doesn't know what his case will bring for him.