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Friday, October 31, 2008
A thank you to the Title Creator!!!
Ma'ayan, Rebecca and I want to thank whoever created the title and fixed up the text colors. We don't know who you are, but you did a great job, and thank you very much!!! The blog looks really fantastic now!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
A Son Of Sensibility
“‘Dear Papa and mamma, I am very sorry to leave you both, and to leave my pretty sister; but I am called, and I must go!”
In "Echoing Footsteps" Dickens introduces us to Lucie's son and daughter. As Sydeny Carton predicted, Lucie has married and has created the perfect family. Yet she is still hearing these footsteps. Some bring her joy, and others sorrow. This quote said by Lucie's son, is his dying words. And with his death, the sound of his footsteps become entwined with the flutter of Angel's wings. That's all Dickens really says about the matter. Now, Lucie is an emotional woman, whose heart can be easily damaged. Wouldn't a mother who loves her children deeply be absolutely broken by the death of her youngest child? Yet, Dickens skims over it lightly. I found this to be surprising and I have to wonder what happend to this sadness of Lucie Manette. In my mind, I predict that this is not the last we have seen of Lucie's grief. Perhaps this agony she keeps inside will turn out to be the downfall of her happiness. To me, Lucie seems repressed in her emotions, and I have to believe that this will come back to haunt her.
In "Echoing Footsteps" Dickens introduces us to Lucie's son and daughter. As Sydeny Carton predicted, Lucie has married and has created the perfect family. Yet she is still hearing these footsteps. Some bring her joy, and others sorrow. This quote said by Lucie's son, is his dying words. And with his death, the sound of his footsteps become entwined with the flutter of Angel's wings. That's all Dickens really says about the matter. Now, Lucie is an emotional woman, whose heart can be easily damaged. Wouldn't a mother who loves her children deeply be absolutely broken by the death of her youngest child? Yet, Dickens skims over it lightly. I found this to be surprising and I have to wonder what happend to this sadness of Lucie Manette. In my mind, I predict that this is not the last we have seen of Lucie's grief. Perhaps this agony she keeps inside will turn out to be the downfall of her happiness. To me, Lucie seems repressed in her emotions, and I have to believe that this will come back to haunt her.
Peasant Parenting
Here is another example of parenting that we have not yet discussed:
The parents all left their children to go fight for the revolution. Is this form of parenting better or worse to the aristocrats’ form of it? Both involve neglect but one is for indulgence and the other is for a greater cause, which will improve the life of the next generation; their children. However, in the process, if these children are neglected and experience violence, will the outcome be great enough to counteract the trauma that they go through? Obviously being a parent during times like those was not ideal but could part of the failure of post revolution France be due to the neglect that the children went through who later rose to power?
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