Journal+Questions

**Book 1 **
====1. How does Mr. Lorry live up to his character as “the man of business” in his introduction? ==== ====2. This is the first of many mobs Dickens writes of in the novel. How does Ch. 5 foreshadow the Revolution? What does the single-mindedness of the crowd mean in this context? What of the desolate conditions that they live in? ==== ====3. Do you believe Dr. Manette will be recalled to life? Why or why not? ====


 * Book 2 **

1. How does Dickens use Jerry Cruncher as a tool to express his views of the judicial system and capital punishment?

2. Analyze the initial description of Sydney Carton (p. 77). What sort of person do you expect Carton to be?

====3. How does Jerry Cruncher live up to his self-described nickname of the "Honest Tradesman"? ====

====4.  What does Dickens use to describe the Revolutionaries as they storm the Bastille? Why is this an effective metaphor to describe their force? **OREEO!** ====

====5. Select a chapter from any part of Book 2 and describe that chapter's setting. ====

6. Select a chapter from any part of Book2 and assert how it supports a theme of the book.

 * how a symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about a character or theme of the work as a whole.