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 Tale of 2 Cities  The main purpose of this book is to show the railway lines between the peaceful city of London and the city of Paris, tearing itself apart in revolution.  This is apparent in the very first line of the book, It was the best of times, it was the worst of times....  This is a contrast of the two cities, London, the tranquil home of Mr. Lorry and the Darnays and Paris, the center of a blinking(a) revolution.  The author shows gentleness in these violent times in the persons of Dr. and Lucie Mannette, both gentle and peaceful. He also characterizes the evil side of the revolution in the apathetic and depraved Misuser and Mademoiselle Defarge, who go about their business bit death carts roll-- as do heads-- through the streets of Paris.  He does though, depict a ray of light amongst all this evil the heroic Carton, who gave his life for his consort and a woman he knew he would never have.  The biggest contrast of all, is in the person o f Misuser Darnay, the gentle English family man, who is also related to the evil marquess Evremonde.  I personally like stories that use historical events as backdrops because it brings these on the face of it distant events closer to us.  This book emphatically offers insight into life in the two cities at the time of the French Revolution.  I think it does an fine job of depicting just how totally involved some populate became in the revolution.  It shows how people were blinded by the desire for freedom from their causality oppressors, so much so, that they attacked eachone and anything that was even remotely related to their past rulers.  I think this was effectively done by excellent characterization, using for each one character to depict a antithetical aspect of society, then contrasting them by making them rivals.  I really took away a different view of that time period. Some of the language he used was definitely outdated.  The langua ge was exactly what you would expect for a novel of that time period.  I was able to follow the story pretty well, although there were a a couple of(prenominal) times, in switching back and forth between cities, that I got a little lost  Still on the whole I wish the way the story flowed.  Unlike some stories of that time, there wasnt really any profanity or taking of Gods name in vain, which is always upright to see.