In this section of The Tale of Two Cities a few dramatic events occur. First we learn of Mr. Cruncher's profession of grave robbing. He calls it "fishing" as he and a couple other men go to the graveyard to remove corpses entombed there to be sold to doctors and scientists. Then the Defarge family is discovered as being the planners of a revolution in France. Mrs. Defarge with her secret knitting and Mr. Defarge with his Jacques'. Darnay and Madame Manette plan their wedding and do get married with Doctor Manette's blessing. Doctor Manette has a frightening relapse into his dark, prisoner-minded state. And finally the section culminates with the beginning of the bloody French Revolution and the storming of the Bastille.
Text to text: The connection I made to this section was with Ender's Game and the start of the Revolution. In Ender's Game, after the Bugger Wars are over and Ender has begun his exodus into the stars, back on Earth Ender's brother, Peter, begins his own revolution (League War). After years of bloody struggle, Peter succeeds in uniting the three major military powers of the world. As Hegemon of Earth, the Free People of Earth government is established. The similarities between this fictional and actual revolts are surprising, and show how history seems to be a good indicator of what will happen in the future.
Text to reader: I connect with Mr. Cruncher's son. The young boy finds out the hard way what his dad's real life job is and is disgusted and terrified by this revelation. I find myself feeling the same way when I discover more of what the world considers "realities of the real world," and how repulsive I find this "necessities" that society has to drag along with it.
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