That ending made me cry. :( That's probably because my favorite character throughout the book has been Sydney Carton. Sydney did a very noble thing by giving his life for Darnay. It was a very selfless and honorable thing. Carton loved Lucie with all of his heart and had earlier said that he would give his life for her. Granted, when an author puts that in a book, it's obviously foreshadowing. But I didn't want it to happen! All Carton wanted was to make Lucie happy. He also thought that by giving his life he would live on for generations of her children. On the last pages which represent the last thoughts of Carton, he tries to envision the future. He sees Lucie and Darnay naming a child after him and him living forever through them.
In my perfect ending, Darnay would have been killed and Lucie would have been like, "Oh, whatever," and married Carton. That would have been the perfect ending. Oh, and what about that Miss Pross? She is my new hero. (:
I call for a movie party at my house where we watch A Tale of Two Cities. They have it at the library. Patty's Bar anyone?
Sydney was my favo too. :')
ReplyDeleteAnd my perfect ending is one where Sydney just kinda joins in Charles and Lucie's marriage and they all live happily ever after in England!
I knowww! Darn Charles Dickens. Haha.
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