Period 5
11-19-1
Book 3 Chapters 5-8
Summary: In chapter 5, Lucie stands in town by the wood-sawyer store so that way Darnay can see her a couple hours of the day through the prison window in his cell. Lucie talks to the wood-sawyer and pretends that his saw is a guillotine. One day, a group of people do a horrible dance that was called the Carmagnole. The dancers leave and Manette arrives and comforts Lucie when Madame Defarge arrives and she salutes Manette. Manette tells Lucie that Darnay is going to be on trial tomorrow and will most likely win the case. In chapter 6, a crowd assembles for the trial. Darnay wins the case because he renounced his title because he didn't like how the peasants were being treated and because he is Manette's son-in-law. He is carried home in a chair on the shoulders of the cheering crowd. In chapter 7, Darnay is re-arrested under the accusations of the Defarges and a third person whom will be found out the next day. In chapter 8, at the same time, Miss Pross and Jerry find Miss Pross's long lost brother, Solomon, who is a spy for the rebels. He was the one who accused Darnay of treason and his other name he goes by is Barsad. Carton comes in and threatens to reveal his identity unless he takes them to Tellson's. Carton tells Jerry and Mr. Lorry that Darnay has been arrested again and tells them he has a plan if he is convicted. If Barsad doesn't cooperate then Carton will reveal him as an English spy. Carton says that he saw Barsad talking with the English spy, Roger Cly. Cly was supposedly dead but his death was faked. Barsad disagrees but agrees to help them get Darnay out of prison.
Quotation: "No fight could have been half so terrible as this dance. It was emphatically a fallen sport... a healthy pastime changed into a means of angering the blood, bewildering the senses, and steeling the heart."
Quotation Significance: This quote is when the dancers danceing to the Carmagnole do a dance around Lucie and when they fall, another group takes their place. This seems to me like a war, one group replacing the next who has died but this keeps going forever. I think that this is why this dance scared Lucie so much she had to be consoled by her father when it was over.
Reflection: In these four chapters, Darnay is almost saved, but has to go back to prison the next day. Darnay is relieved when he is released after this trial and thinks that maybe his nightmare his over. A nightmare that lasted a year and three months He was subjected to many horrible things in prison. I couldn't imagine going through that and having to go back the next day. He would have to relive the memories and remember how close he was to actual freedom. Lucie is frightended and relieved when her husband is back because she has a feeling that they will take him again and they end up doing this very thing and the next day too! Lucie was devastated at this and it would be harder to imagine how his child, little Lucie was feeling. She knows something terrible is happening to her father and must be upset that she can't be around him. It is a huge moment when Miss Pross, Carton, and Cruncher find Solomon (Barsad), he convicted Darnay and Carton says that he will reveal him as an English spy if he doesn't help them. Barsad agrees because he doesn't want his cover blown. Carton has a plan to save Darnay and resuce him from prison if he is convicted for the new crime he was convicted of doing. He was accused by Mr. and Mr. Defarge and it isn't clear what he has supposedly done and a third person whose identity hasn't been revealed yet. I think next Darnay will be found guilty for his next crime and then Carton and everyone else will have to execute their plan to save him.
Discussion Question: Why are Mr. and Mrs. Defarge accusing Darnay and who do you think is the third person who accuses him?
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