Step-by-Step Process

Follow these steps in order to complete your assignment. You MUST complete all of the steps to get full credit- so read carefully and thoroughly!

1. First, you will need to choose a character from the novel.
   Below is a list of some of the characters in A Tale of Two Cities. There is a simple explanation of who these characters are so that you can know what type of person you will be researching. I have italicized specific characteristics that you may want to stem from in order to do your research.
   
   • Charles Darnay -  A French aristocrat by birth, Darnay chooses to live in England because he cannot bear to be associated with the cruel injustices of the French social system.
   • Sydney Carton -  An insolent, indifferent, and alcoholic attorney who works with Stryver. Carton has no real prospects in life and does not seem to be in pursuit of any.
   • Doctor Manette -  Lucie's father and a brilliant physician, Doctor Manette spent eighteen years as a prisoner in the Bastille. At the start of the novel, Manette does nothing but make shoes.
   • Lucie Manette -  A young French woman who grew up in England, Lucie was raised as a ward of Tellson's Bank because her parents were assumed dead.
   • Monsieur Defarge -  A wine shop owner and revolutionary in the poor Saint Antoine section of Paris. Monsieur Defarge formerly worked as a servant for Doctor Manette.
   • Madame Defarge -  A cruel revolutionary whose hatred of the aristocracy fuels her tireless crusade. Madame Defarge spends a good deal of the novel knitting a register of everyone who must die for the revolutionary cause.
   • Jarvis Lorry -  An elderly businessman who works for Tellson's Bank. Mr. Lorry is a very business-oriented bachelor with a strong moral sense and a good, honest heart.
   • Miss Pross -  The servant who raised Lucie. Miss Pross is brusque, tough, and fiercely loyal to her mistress
   • John Barsad - John Barsad is a British spy who swears that patriotism is his only motive.
   • Marquis Evr'monde -  Charles Darnay's uncle, the Marquis Evr'monde is a French aristocrat who embodies an inhumanly cruel caste system. He shows absolutely no regard for human life and wishes that the peasants of the world would be exterminated.
     
2. From that character, choose one characteristic or lifestyle trait to research.
   •  Example: If you chose Charles Darnay, you would research what it was like to be a French aristocrat during the French Revolution.
     • You will not research what it was like to be Charles Darnay during the French Revolution. He is only a character in Dickens' book. You will simply take a characteristic from Charles Darnay and research that.
   • Example: If you chose Monsieur Defarge, you could research a business owner, a revolutionary, or a servant- you do not need to research all of these characteristics, unless you find information that covers it all; choose the one that best interests you.
     
     
3. Then, find at least three credible websites with research information about this time period.
   • Find specific information concerning your type of character. Example: A blue-collar working class man raising a family.
   • You are seniors. I expect that you can find credible websites on your own. If you need help, do not hesitate to ask me.
     
     
4. Once you have found at least three credible sources, make an APA bibliography and print.
   • If you forget how to cite your sources, click here.
   • You must show me your bibliography before you move forward.
     
5. Once you have gotten your sources checked by me, you will write an essay two-full pages in length through the eyes of your character.
   • I know that you do not know anything about these characters yet, beyond what I have given you. I am not grading on your accuracy concerning the character, just the accuracy concerning your type of person during this time period.
   • Click here to see the rubric for your essay.
   • NOTE: Be creative with this essay. Write the essay in first-person narrative- through the eyes of your character.
     Example: Your essay could begin: When I awoke this morning, the first thing I saw was....
     Also, this is, essentially, a story. Therefore, you will not need in-text citations. Just REMEMBER to turn your bibliography in with your essay.
   • NOTE: Do not cheat. You know the normal essay rules. 12 point font, Times New Roman, one inch margins, and REMEMBER a title.