Question

name: date: period: close reading organizer - book 2, chapter 20 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 themes you chose apply to each summary section. themes key 1 tyranny and revolution 2 secrecy and surveillance 3 fate and history 4 sacrifice 5 resurrection 6 imprisonment summary theme tracker your analysis the first person to visit lucie and charles after they return from their honeymoon is sydney carton. carton apologizes for his drunkenness during past encounters, and asks for charles friendship. carton declares himself a worthless man, but says he has a favor to ask: would charles mind if he occasionally visited his house? of course not, charles replies. at dinner that night, charles comments to lucie, manette, mr. lorry, and miss pross about cartons careless and reckless behavior. later that night in their room, lucie suggests that charles was too judgmental toward carton. she asks charles to have faith in carton, who she believes has a wounded heart but is nevertheless capable of doing tremendous good. charles blesses lucie for her compassion and promises to have more sympathy for

Explanation:

The summary focuses on the interactions and conversations between Sydney Carton, Charles, and Lucie. None of the themes such as Tyranny and Revolution, Secrecy and Surveillance, Fate and History, Sacrifice, Resurrection, or Imprisonment directly apply to these interpersonal - relationship focused events. However, if one has to choose, perhaps the underlying sense of a character's (Carton's) self - perception as a "worthless man" could be seen as a form of internal 'imprisonment' in his own negative self - image. But this is a very loose connection.

Answer:

No clear - cut theme from the list applies, but if forced, Imprisonment (very loosely).