Question

close reading organizer - book 2, chapter 22
directions: read each summary entry and think about which themes listed in the themes key apply to it, then color in those themes in the theme tracker. next, write a few sentences of analysis to explain how the theme you chose apply to each summary section.
themes key
1 tyranny and revolution
2 secrecy and surveillance
3 fear and hatred
4 sacrifice
5 resurrection
improvement
summary\ttheme tracker\tyour analysis
madame defarge, now the leader of the female revolutionaries, sits in the wine - shop with her second - in - command, a stocky woman whose violent acts have earned her the name the vengeance. no spies dare come into this neighborhood anymore.
monsieur defarge returns with news that an old aristocrat, who once said that starving people should just eat grass, tried to fake his own death but has now been caught. anger swells - a revolutionary mob rushes from the neighborhood to the courts building. the mob overwhelms the officials, captures the old aristocrat, then drags, beats, and stuffs his mouth with straw. finally, they hang him from a lamppost.
afterwards, the commoners return home, eat their \scanty suppers,\

Explanation:

The text describes revolutionary - related events with Madame Defarge as a leader and a mob attacking an old aristocrat. Themes of tyranny and revolution are evident in the overthrow - like actions of the mob against the aristocrat. The mention of no spies also relates to secrecy and surveillance as a context.

Answer:

For the first summary about Madame Defarge: 1 (Tyranny and Revolution), 2 (Secrecy and Surveillance).
For the second summary about the mob attacking the aristocrat: 1 (Tyranny and Revolution).