A treason case is being held there. The defendant is a young handsome Frenchman named Charles Darnay, and he is accused of being a French spy. Lorry, Lucie and Dr. Manette are called upon to testify against Darnay, and they do so unwillingly. Suddenly Darnay's lawyer, Mr. Stryver, asks another witness if Darnay couldn't be mistaken for his clerk, Sidney Carton. To the court's astonishment, the two men look exactly alike. The case is dropped, setting Darnay free. Meanwhile, in Paris, a nobleman known as Monseigneur lives sumptuously. He ignores another courtier, the Marquis St. Evremonde. This angers the Marquis so much that he orders his coach to fly at breakneck speed. As he rides through the St. Antoine district, his coach runs over a young child who could not escape in time. Gaspard, the father of the child, howls over the child's body. Defarge tells him that the child will live better in death. The Marquis, who has stopped his coach in annoyance, hears this comment and tosses some money at Gaspard and Defarge to compliment them, but the coin are thrown back at him. Then the Marquis rides onward. On the way to his chateau, he is stopped by a woman who wants a gravestone for her husband and a road-mender who says he saw a man swinging from the bottom of his carriage. The Marquis insults them both, and his servant, Gabelle, pushes them away form the carriage. Finally, the Marquis comes home and asks if Monsieur Charles has arrived from England. The Charles whom he awaits is his nephew, and as we learn, it is none other than Charles Darnay! Uncle and nephew don't get along, despite their cordial conversation. Darnay may have to the Marquis' fortune. The next morning, the Marquis is found dead with a note signed "Jacques." In England, Lucie spends the night before her wedding with her father. They talk about her mother and his own life. The next morning, as promised, Darnay speaks with Dr. Manette behind closed doors. When they come out, the Doctor looks shaken, but the wedding continues, and Lucie and Darnay ride away on their honeymoon. The doctor becomes a senile shoemaker again for nine days. On the tenth day, Dr. Manette, restored to his senses, suggests that the shoemaker's bench should be destroyed. Lorry and Miss Pross burn the bench. During her marriage, Lucie is a good wife and a loving daughter. Eventually she becomes a loving mother as well: she has a healthy daughter named Lucie . The Paris branch is having a sudden influx of business because of some danger. The danger comes in the form of the mob, which quickly overtakes the Bastille prison, then goes on a killing rampage. Then Lorry is called to France to help out Tellson's Paris branch. Darnay is called to save a former servant of his uncle from prison, so he sneaks away to France as well. Unfortunately, he is caught for being an émigré, and he is placed in prison. Lucie and Dr. Manette hurry to Paris when they learn of his imprisonment. Dr. Manette is respected by the mob because he is a former Bastille inmate: nevertheless, Darnay languishes in prison for over a year before he is tried and acquitted. As soon as Darnay is freed, he is arrested later that day because three people have denounced him. Two of the accusers are the Defarges. The third person, as the court reveals the next day, is Dr. Manette himself! During his imprisonment, the doctor wrote a letter that cursed the whole family of Evremondes. The Evremonde brothers treated a peasant family shamefully, raping a sister and killing a brother. These peasants were actually Madame Defarge's family. The Evremondes summoned Dr. Manette to save the brother and sister, but he was unsuccessful. To keep their secret safe, the brothers had Dr. Manette kidnapped and thrown into the Bastille. Upon hearing this document, Darnay is quickly convicted and sentenced to die the next day. Sydney Carton, however, is in Paris, and he quickly forms a plan to save everyone. Lorry is to have a carriage ready the next day. They are not to leave Paris until Carton's seat is occupied. Carton buys some poisons from a chemist, then blackmails Barsad (who is now a spy for the French) to let him into the prison. Once inside, Carton forced Darnay to trade clothes with him, and then causes Darnay to faint with the odour of the poisons. After that, Barsad takes Darnay home, leaving Carton in his place at the prison. Before Carton dies he sees a vision that Lucie and Darnay have reached London safely and that they live happily after. Carton then dies.
Both these novels can be compared in different ways. Their plot on the theme of revolution can be compared. Characters in both novels can be compared and contrasted. The main inspirational character in Animal farm was Old Major who can be compared to Lenin in the Russian revolution. Lenin was the architect of the Russian revolution but he had Trotsky by his side. Major is seen as a kindly pig who is a natural leader. Old major was the driving force of the revolution but the revolution could not have taken place without Snowball, who was the brain behind the revolution. Old major was a wise old boar. Many of Karl Marx’s ideas lie behind Old Majors speech. Major uses many devices in his speech to convince the audience that what he is saying is true. Animals bring in implements of torture compared to the storming of the Bastille where patriots find implements of torture.
Direct parallels can be found in the novel which does not necessary relate to the Russian revolution but they are related to historical events. The communist party under Lenin and Trotsky rose and took power, seizing power of the whole empire and executing the Romanov’s (the royal Russian family). This can be seen in the novel by the gain of power by the animals and finally revolting against Jones. Lenin can be represented by Snowball. After the Russian revolution Trotsky and Lenin established a communist society, all property, wealth and work was meant to be divided between all individuals. The pigs attempt to create a similar society after they defeat Jones. The pigs change the name of the farm and they work together and share all the food “… store shed and served out a double ration of corn to everyone.” This shows us that the animals did want to create a communist society. Forces that were loyal to the Tsar helped by countries who did not want communism to spread invaded Russia but Lenin’s brilliance and Trotsky organisation and tactics defeated the communist enemies. In the same way Jones and his men attempted to recapture the farm “Jones and his men entered the five-barred gate…” this also shows us that Jones men did not want such rebellions of animals to spread and therefore decided to recapture the farm. Snowballs tactics and organisation proved vital as his brilliant plan defeated Jones’ men. Snowball can be compared to Lenin as their tactics proved vital in their revolution.
After Lenin’s death there was a struggle for power between Stalin and Trotsky. Stalin removed Trotsky from Russian and used him as a scapegoat whenever something was wrong in Russia. Napoleon and Snowball disagreed on virtually every issue. Napoleon drives Snowball out of the farm “they dashed straight for Snowball who only sprang from his place” this is similar the exile of Trotsky. Napoleon can be compared to Stalin as they both drove out a vital person during the revolution. Napoleon also blamed Snowball for any thing that went wrong in the farm. Snowball was accused of contributing to the enemy during the Battle of the Cowshed. He was accused of being a traitor. This is irony as the reader knows that Snowball wanted to help the farm. Russia endured famines as a result of Stalin’s economic policies. The animals also suffered increasingly from food after Napoleon came to power. Stalin tried to modernise Russia this is symbolised by the windmill. All these parallels are used in the novel. Any one who opposed Stalin was punished and Napoleon also punished anyone who opposed him, “four porkers were executed in front of the other animals along with the hens who also defied napoleon over his demand that they sell their eggs” this show that Napoleon had complete power over the farm and that he was a strong and a powerful dictator.
There are hardly any parallels between A Tale of Two Cities and its historical events. Apart from the fact that the French people also suffered the same fate as the Russians did and this is what caused the revolution. There are no famous figures like Lenin or Trotsky, who took part in the revolution.
Characters can be compared to similar characters from both novels. Similarly characters can be contrasted in both novels. Farmer Jones can be compared to Monsiegnuer. They both are important characters in both of the novel. The Monseigneur controls the French people. He takes their money and does not care about them. He treats them bad. He thinks that he is almighty “the earth and the fullness thereof are mine saith Monseigneur.” This is actually a quote from the bible, Monseigneur says this sarcastically. He is saying that he is god. It can clearly be seen that Monseigneur is corrupted and very greedy. Dickens portrays the nobility as if it was presented in 1859. Monseigneur believes in the aristocracy and that the rich are always right. Monseigneur uses he French people to make money and this shows that he is very greedy. Dickens uses very simple language for the Monseignuer. The language is very simple. Monseigneur’s chariot runs wildly around the street killing a child “sickening little jolt”. Monseigneur does not care and thinks that it was the boy’s fault for walking on the street but it can clearly be seen that it was his fault. This shows how cruel and evil Monseigneur really is. Monseigneur then calls them “mere rats”. This again shows that he does not care about anyone. Monseigneur later says that he “would ride over any of you very willingly, and exterminate you from the earth”, in the gold coin incident. Overall Monseigneur thinks that he is god and that he has the power to take life away. This is shown by his greed and his selfishness which eventually got him killed. Monseigneur was killed by Jacque. Dickens shows us how greedy and selfish Moneigneur is, Dickens blends hi opinion and the truth to try and persuade people that greed and selfishness will not bring happiness.
On the other hand Jones was also very horrific; he also used the animals to make money. Jones represents the Tsar and the corrupt regime that the revolution replaces. His cruelty is stressed by Major in his speech. He makes them work all day to produce goods that he sells to make money in return the animals are barely fed, they are fed just enough to pass the hard day. Jones was very shellfish. Jones does not care about the animals all he wants is his money. He punishes the animal very harshly. This shows us that Jones is cruel and is no different from Monseigneur. Jones also slaughters his animals for money. Jones spends his money on alcohol while the animals starve. Jones kills animals for money but Monseigneur kills people for no reason and does not even care. Jones is very lazy and does no work on the farm. He forgets to feed the animals. He tortures the animals “…whips in their hands lashing out in all direction” this shows how cruel Jones is, the animals were not fed for the whole day and what do they get for eating some food at the end of the day? Jones was not prepared for the animals to rebel against him as it was very spontaneous. Jones does not understand the possibility of the revolution. He sees his animals as his property that are there to provide for his needs. The animals have self identify and dignity unrecognised and unobserved by Jones. Jones represents the Tsar in the novel. Jones being kicked out of the farm symbolises the Tsar’s abdication. Jones then comes with his friends in an attempt to recapture the farm. This battle was named the “Battle of Cowshed”. This also symbolises the Tsar trying to defeat he communist party with the help of his allies who did not want communism to spread. Jones can be seen as a capitalist. Jones friends helped Jones out because they also felt that their own animals might revolt against them so to stop this they had to defeat the animals of Jones. Jones was again defeated and this shows us that he was wrong and that he deserved everything he had coming.
Both of these characters show the reader that the rich or the nobility or the individual in power is not always right. The authors both show us that ambition, greed and selfishness will achieve nothing. Both of these characters do vary in a way but are very similar as both the authors portray them in the same way. The difference in their character was that Monseignuer had no feeling and he even killed a bay and did not care. But Jones on the other had also suffered greatly. The authors might be trying to inform the reader about the consequences of doing wrong. Monseigneur met his death and Jones got booted out from his own farm. The authors also persuade the reader not to do any wrongs as it will only bring pain and suffering.
Madame Defarge can be compared to Napoleon. Both of these characters are conniving and very greedy. They both think that they are superior. Napoleon was very greedy and selfish. Napoleon would represent Stalin during the Russian revolution. Napoleon blamed Snowball for working with Jones since the beginning. Napoleon steals Snowballs plan of the windmill. Snowball worked day and night to get the “plans of the windmill” ready. Napoleon sees Snowball as a threat and exiles him from Animal Farm. The shrewd Napoleon then declared that the plan and idea of the windmill were his from the start and that Snowball did no work but was actually planning a rebellion with Jones. The extermination of Snowball represents the exile of Trotsky from Russia. Napoleon breaks the commandments and gets Squealer to brainwash the animals to believe that they have not broken the commandments.
Napoleon was the name of a revolutionary who ended up gaining power and tyrannising. He more than anyone else is responsible for the betrayal of Majors dream. Napoleon is a coward dictator because he was not fighting in the Battle of the Cowshed. Napoleon deals with a human and this shows us that he only cares about himself and not the welfare of the farm. He even kills Boxer who works hard all day and did most of the work when building the windmill/ twice. Napoleon does no work. He just sits all day and watches the other animal work. As Napoleon got full power animals found it hard to get decent meals and famine worsened. The animals were short of food. It was worse then Jones time. Another battle took place where the animals won but as an outcome the nearly finished windmill fell apart. Napoleon blamed Snowball for this and declared that the thickness of the wall of the windmill will increase. It can be clearly seen that Napoleon was a greedy, selfish and a bad dictator. Whoever argued or went against Napoleon was killed in brutally in front of the other animals in an attempt to scare the other animals. Napoleon removed any possible threat and used Snowball for any problems that arose. Napoleons devious nature is clear from the end of the second chapter in which he places himself in charge of the milk which was later used by the pigs. He takes control of the food supply quickly. His expulsion of Snowball demonstrates for the first time the extent of his power. You can see that Napoleon was a powerful figure who destroyed the happiness of the animals. His greed and his ambition cause the rise of his power.
Madame Defarge is also heartless he cares only about her freedom. All she wants is to kill all the rich people and give freedom to the French people. She is extremely selfish and very greedy. She also attempts to kill the Manette as Dr Manette failed to save his family. She wants to seek revenge, “the Evremonde people are to be exterminated, and the wife and child must follow the husband and father”. The consequences of revenge will be more deaths of innocent people. Madame Defarge is a strong woman, she has bounced back after her horrific past, but only hatred has grown inside her. Darnay was related to Evremondes. Madame Defarge wants revenge but Darnay did not do anything. Madame Defarge was hungry for more revenge and wanted to kill Lucie but got killed herself. Her ambition and her will to seek revenge gets her killed. Carton dies because of Madame Defarge. Madame Defarge is the driving force for the revolution in France.
Both of these characters are different, Napoleon is more cruel and shrewd than Madame Defarge who wants revenge. Madame Defarge is selfish but it can be clearly seen that her ambition gets the best of her which results in her death. Both authors are trying to inform the reader that greed and over-ambition will achieve nothing. The reader can see that both of these characters are corrupted and are very greedy. Similarly both characters use people to gain what they want.
Monsieur Defarge can be compared to Snowball as he was the driving force of the storming of the Bastille. Defarge is an honest and a trustworthy man. Defarge also saved Dr Manette “he had suddenly silently disappeared, he is with an old friend… he is in hiding”. Defarge is a fellow French citizen and just wants the best for his fellow French people who are suffering great injustice. It is Defarge who organises the revolution and it is due to him largely for the French peasants winning the revolution. Defarge is a republic and would not kill Dr Manette even though his wife wants to “but my husband has his weaknesses, and he is so weak as to relent towards this doctor”. This shows us that he does what he thinks is right and he would not commit any terrible deed. Defarge does something similar in the gold coin incident. Monseigneur kills a boy as his carriage storms away. Monseigneur throws gold coins at Defarge but Defarge throws them back “disturbed by a coin flying in to his carriage”. This again shows that Defarge will only do what he thinks is right and will fight for what he believes in.
Defarge is very similar to Snowball. Snowball’s character is that of an intellectual. Snowball teaches the other animals several skills such as reading the alphabet. Snowball represents Trotsky. Snowball was the driving force for the “Battle of the Cowshed”. Snowball organises everything. It is because of his tactics that the animals won “Snowball now gave the signal…” Snowballs tactics proved vital. Snowball wants all the animals to be happy and to be free from any sort of injustice. He also dismisses the killing of humans when he says to Boxer “the only good human being is a dead one”, his unsentimentally suggests a coldness on his part, but not as extreme as Napoleon. He even plans to make a windmill which mould cut down the amount of work that the animals have to do. Snowball is brave “without halting Snowball flung his fifteen stone against Jones’s legs.” This shows us that Snowball is brave and will do anything that is right and will benefit for the other animals. Without Snowballs tactics the animals would not have won. Snowball was then exiled by Napoleon. This represents the exile of Trotsky.
Both of these characters show that the reader must do the right thing, something that everyone will benefit from. The authors want the reader to realise that by doing the right thing you will be a true hero. Both authors might also be trying to show that you must do something that you believe in. both of these characters are brave, courageous, organised and very communist. They both want freedom for their fellow friends. Both of the characters are hardly different. They believe in the truth and will fight against what they believe in. They are the one who won the revolution with their tactics and their organisation. Defarge organised the storming of the Bastille and Snowball’s tactics defeated Jones’s men.
The plot of both novels can be contrasted. Both novels are set in different places. The themes of revolution can be compared. Both authors describe the revolution in great depth. Animals bring in implements of torture but the French people find implements of torture when they storm the Bastille. Animal farm is about revolution but A Tale of Two Cities is set in a revolution. In both novels the treatment of revolutions are very differently presented. Dickens uses very strong, negative and horrific words “striking, bloody, hang and death” to describe the storming of the Bastille. It also shows that the revolution is very bloody and Dickens might be trying to tell us that revolution is worthless by using these strong horrific words. The brutality of Jones can also be compared with the cruelty of the Marquis. In both novels there was a shortage of food, this shows us the injustice which the animals and the French people suffered. The animals have a physical need and it is these “the need not to starve” that ignite the revolution. The animals have leadership unknown to Jones. The animals gain a new sense of freedom and identity as signified in the renaming of Manor Farm in to Animal Farm.
In both novels we can see the portrayal of abuse and corruption. Napoleon is similar to the Marquis as they were both greedy and corrupted. They were over ambitious and wanted more and more power; they wanted to be like god. The Marquis clearly said he wanted to be like god, “the earth and the fullness thereof are mine, saith Monseigneur.” They both use and manipulate the ‘workers’ to full fill their needs. They both are selfish and are corrupted in the need of money. Both of them grew their power by scaring and brainwashing their ‘workers’. Both of them removed anyone who opposed them or was a threat to them. Napoleon and the Marquis both openly punished the animals and the French people in an attempt to scare their fellow companion in to believing that they should not mess with their masters. Napoleon openly removed Snowball “in a moment he was out of the door, Snowball was racing across the log pasture that led to the road”. This shows us the corruption of Napoleon and his will for power. Similarly the Marquis threatened the Defarge and the father of the dead child after he killed the child brutally and carelessly “I would ride over any you of you, he should be crushed under the wheels”. It can be clearly seen that the Marquis is merely showing his power and threatening people.
The portrayal of abuse by both authors works very effectively. It shows the reader exactly they wanted to present. It clearly shows how the Marquis and Napoleon abuse their power. The seven commandments were gradually destroyed or corrupted as the novel proceeds. The Marquis was supposed to use the money that he receives from the people for the people’s welfare and only for the people but the greedy Marquis takes the money for himself. Similarly Napoleon uses the food and eggs that the animals produced were “traded for alcohol”. Napoleon used the food to buy alcohol so the animals were now even shorter of food; this also shows us Napoleon abusing his power. Napoleon broke all of the commandments and went against Majors speech. Napoleon was supposed to strengthen the commandments but instead he broke them. This also shows he abused his power. Napoleon did not do anything for the other animals as they lived in appalling conditions and he lived in Jones house, he did no work but still got what he wanted. This clearly shows the reader of how people abuse their power and how they get corrupted. Jealousy, greed and selfishness are the direct causes for the abuse of power. As the pigs gain power it accordingly becomes harder for them to resist the temptations of enjoying an easier life for themselves especially since the other animals are too gullible to prevent themselves being manipulated and exploited from mainly Squealer.
Animal farm uses Animals as people but it gets a point out about revolutions. It speaks its own word, own point and its own views about revolutions. Orwell’s ideas are sophisticated and Orwell shows evolve of the leaders, from Jones, Snowball with Napoleon and Napoleon as a dictator. Orwell shows corruption through the animal’s greed and laziness. But both authors show that revolution is a respond to evil. Dickens does not touch on corruption but only describes it. Dickens does not really show us any abuse of power; you can argue the fact that the crown or the mobs in the court case were abusing their power. The mob only wanted to see blood and death. During Darnays trial in London the mob wanted to see blood but the mob in France during Darnays case wanted to seek revenge and relief themselves of the fact that they have stormed the Bastille, they are in a way celebrating the storming of the Bastille. But the main abuse of power came from the Marquis who was greedy and selfish. Dickens only describes the abuse of power from other characters and some of that may be Dickens own opinion and therefore it can be biased.
Both novels overall shows the reader the effects that are suffered by other people especially the poor people. Power is abused and it shows us what greed and jealousy can do to people. They both teach the reader not to be greedy or selfish and it informs the reader that they must not abuse any power which they might have.
The storming of Bastille and the first revolution in Animal Farm can be compared. Both events show us that the animals and the French people want justice. The storming of Bastille was led by Defarge only as he was the main person involved in the storming of the Bastille. He was very organised and his tactics were excellent. Dickens uses powerful phrases and repeats them, “ragged peasants” to show us the sense of action. Dickens wants us to visualise the event. This is very different from Animal farm as Snowball was the main man behind the revolution. Orwell also uses strong language to describe the revolution but his use of language is not as strong as Dickens but it gets the same point out. Dickens repeats many phrases and this catches people’s attention. Both revolutions and their description show us the progress of the revolution. Animal farm shows that a revolution takes place due to injustice but the outcome of the revolution is more painful as witnessed by the animals. A revolution is only going to bring happiness for a short period of time and soon another event takes again. So the consequences are far more painful than the actual revolution as shown in Animal Farm. Both authors explain the ideas and the main point of revolution.
Both authors use persuasive language and this catches the reader’s attention and makes him read on. Both authors make use of the third person when writing the novel. Animal farm is far better structured then A Tale of Two Cities as it is more concise and straight to the point. Orwell uses very simple language to get his ideas out about revolution. The ending of the novel is particularly bleak since no solution is held out. It is clear that there is not a happy ending in the novel. It is clear in which ways language is used by the pigs to distort the truth. This is to the pig’s advantage that the other animals are literate. Squealer uses his strong persuasive speech to persuade the animals that Napoleon is right. Orwell uses simple language and he might be trying to tell us that writers should simplify their language and use straightforward language which the reader can understand instead of using difficult words that the readers have difficulty understanding them. The novel is a satire and an allegory. Orwell uses irony and this is an important feature of style, Orwell describes Squealer “who had unaccountably been absent” from the “Battle of the Windmill”, the reader knows that Squealer was not unaccountably absent but he was probably hiding to avoid getting hurt in the battle. Orwell uses animals rather than humans in his novel to show the reader that revolution is stupid he uses the animals to show us this. He uses anthropomorphism. Orwell also makes use of motto for boxer “I will work harder, Napoleon is always right”. This shows us Boxers devotion to work and he is loyal to Napoleon but Boxer is gullible and easily manipulated by the pigs. Boxer was exploited by Squealer and was brainwashed in to thinking that “Napoleon was always right” as the reader clearly knows that Napoleon is abusing his power and treating his fellow animals very badly. Orwell uses short sentences “it was a bitter winter” for persuasive affect and it emphasis his point. Orwell reveals things about the revolution deeply but Dickens does not. Orwell uses alliteration “hairy hoofs” to emphasis the description and it’s effective. Orwell also uses lists of threes “I have had a long life, I have had much time for thoughts and I think I must say…”, this is effective and persuasive as it makes the reader remember the fact that Major is old and is dying but it shows what he has thought about during his life. Orwell also uses a list of three questions which are rhetorical, “surely comrades you do not want Jones back?” is it because this land of ours is so poor that it cannot afford a decent life to those who dwell on it?” This is emotional and makes the reader think about the suffering the animals have suffered under Jones and it also makes the reader think about the enemy e.g. Jones. Orwell also uses short sentences for emphasis. Orwell also uses similes “the work of the farm went like clockwork”. This catches the reader’s attention and is very effective. Orwell use of language is highly persuasive and it makes the reader read on. Majors ideas “whatever goes upon four legs is a friend, whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy” this is reduced later to one slogan “four legs good two legs bad”. This simplification can lead to a loss of meaning and become dangerous as the sheep’s use the chant to drown any opposition to Napoleon in the meetings. Orwell also shows the effect of propaganda through Squealer and how it ca be used to manipulate the other animals.
Animal farm is structured fantastically. Its events are told in chronological order by the narrator. The novel is divided in to ten chapters. The novel is also structured in a more subtle way. Once the revolution has taken place then the next few chapters open by the suffering suffered by the animals examples of these chapters are 5, 6, and 7. The structure of Animal Farm helps to clarify the themes of the betrayed revolution by showing the reader in several stages, through the repetition of certain key phrases, like how the pigs pervert Majors rules.
Charles Dickens uses dual narrative strands. He uses this device to provide a contrast between a nation in the state of a revolution and one of political and social stability. Dickens repeats phrases to catch the reader’s attention as it creates a vision in the readers mind. Dickens uses lots of language devices and this is the reason for the reader reading the novel. A Tale of Two Cities is over wordiness, Dickens was paid for the amount of words which he wrote for the novel and therefore the novel is not that effective as Animal Farm as it is more concise and straight to the point. Dickens uses short sentences “I mock you” to change the pace of the reader and is more persuasive. Dickens uses metaphor “earthquake to swallow a town” this is a very strong phrase and is very persuasive. An earthquake cannot swallow a town but it can devastate it, so Dickens might try to tell the reader that revolution may be needed but its consequences will be far more devastating. Dickens also uses similes to show a comparison “with flashing eyes as if it throttled a foe, Defarge held him by the collar, as if to restrain him from flying” This emphasis Dickens opinion and it is very effective. Dickens uses very emotional negative words “blood, hang, dead” to show the progress of the revolution but also to show the reader of what a revolution can cause. Dickens also uses alliteration “demned to death” this is highly persuasive and it is very effective. Dickens uses lists of threes, “what submission, what cringing and fawning” this makes the reader remember the plot of the novel and makes them read on, it also easier to remember in lists of threes. Dickens first paragraph is very persuasive and effective as it creates a sense of eagerness. Overall Dickens uses strong language in his novel but his over wordiness beat him to it which made the novel harder for the reader to understand, also the language used is Victorian which meant that it was even harder for the modern audience to understand the novel.
Both authors use third person narrative. This provides the point of view of the invisible observer. This style allows the reader to keep a pace with a complex or protracted storyline. Orwell use of a complete and a succinct analogy in Animal Farm allows him to capture the essence of the purity of hope, the honesty of participation and the vileness of the betrayed committed upon the people of the Soviet Union. Animal farm uses modern language but A Tale of Two Cities uses Victorian language. Both the authors show a picture through the language they use about how corruption can infect revolution and societies.
A Tale of Two Cities is structured in a different manner compared to other books. It is split in to three separate books and contains chapters.
Animal farm is very effective in giving out an important message to both the modern audience and to the people of their time. This novel was published in 1945 and therefore the people of their time would have got an important message about revolutions. The people at the time might then have considered avoiding revolutions. Animal farm gives out a clear message. It wants the reader to know why a revolution takes place. What is gained from it? What are the consequences? It shows the negative aspects of revolution and the outcome of a revolution. The people at the time would have known what revolution is and what the consequences of revolution. The shortage of food can symbolise the fact that revolution costs a lot of money and therefore it shows that a revolution is very expensive. But the people at the time would believe in revolution as they would easily be manipulated to believe that revolution will bring good change for them. But peasants would not believe the message this novel gives out as they would like a revolution to take place as they nothing to lose but everything to gain. They would only be scared about the fact that they would die as this is clearly shown in the novel. The sheep’s in the novel represents working people or the proletariat, and they just did what Napoleon said. The working people don’t know a lot about revolutions and would just copy their fellow workers. They would fight in the hope that they will gain something but this novel clearly shows that if you gain something from the revolution and it would not last for a long time.
The people at the time would have already known or experienced a revolution and this would bolster the fact that you lose more than you gain in a revolution. The people no it’s right. The novel is concise and straight to the point and it would be easier for the reader to understand. The language used is simple and persuasive and would catch anyone’s attention. It’s also very effective. The modern people would not feel that there is a need for revolution as they have nothing to gain and everything to lose (like money etc). It is highly unlikely that there would be a revolution. There is advanced technology and there are laws which would wipe out any reasons for a revolution to take place.
This novel would give a much clearer message to a modern audience rather then the people at their time as the modern audience has greater knowledge of history and knows the consequences of revolutions. The modern audience would find the novel very easy to read as it is not very long. The language is also very easy to understand. The novel would be effective as it is persuasive and very concise. It does not use difficult words and therefore younger people can also read this novel.
A Tale of Two Cities is different from Animal farm, it gives more horrific description and the message is not very effective especially for the people in their time. This novel was published in 1859. The people in would easily have understood the novel has it was written in Victorian language and people spoke the same language during their time. The language used in this novel is also very effective and very persuasive. They would feel as if it was crucial that a revolution is needed but after reading the novel they would probably get scared as this novel gives bad description of the revolution. They would probably want change as they were exploited by the individuals in power. So this novel is not that effective in giving them an important message. They would not take any consideration or even think about this novel. The novel similarly gives out the same message as Animal Farm and it is similarly persuasive but it is set in France and French people’s views on revolution can be different. The reader in their time would not want believe the message and therefore the message is irrelevant.
The modern audience would view this message very carefully. It would be very effective in giving out a message. The novel would be harder to understand as it has over-wordiness in the novel and it is hard to understand the language. The message is quite similar and A Take of Two Cities only describes the revolution, it doesn’t really explain it. The message is not as effective as the message in Animal Farm but still gives out a meaning. The modern audience would not find the message effective as ‘bloody’ revolutions no longer take place in the modern world. It is less effective than Animal Farm as Animal Farm is more concise and straight to the point, it clearly gives out an important message and it makes us feel the event in our minds as if it was really happening. Orwell talks about communism and explains corruptions and greed through the pigs but Dickens doesn’t explain how corruption affects people and how it changes society. It also does not talk about communism as a revolution takes place for a major reason that is the fact that people are treated differently.
Both novels are about revolution but Animal farm is set in England but it is about the Russian revolution and A Tale of Two Cities is about the French revolution and is set in England and France. Animal farm uses animal as its main characters instead of humans. Both novels use similar language; they both use persuasive devices and are structured carefully in to chapters. A Tale of Two Cities is presented as three books. Similarly they both mention the issue of corruption but Dickens merely describes it but Orwell explains it using the animals. Both novels plot is similar and the issues discussed are similar. The characters are very similar but the plot is different. Animal farm is written in chronological order with the Russian revolution whereas A Tale of Two Cities is not written in this way. Both authors make use of the third person and their language is effective and persuasive.
Dickens describes the revolution in great depth and his emotional words. He describes the revolution using words like “blood, death, dark” which make the reader think about the revolution. Dickens is not concise and his novel has over-wordiness whereas Orwell is concise and straight to the point. He talks about all the issues and writes everything about the revolution and it is far shorter than Dickens novel but the quality of Orwell novel is far better than Dickens. He addresses all the key issues using the minimum of words. This is a major reason Orwell’s novel being more effective than Dickens. Dickens doesn’t explain the revolution like Orwell does. Dickens includes other social events like Lucies marriage, Darnay’s party as he was not found guilty of treason. These events are not in anyway linked to the revolution and this is one major reason for Dickens novel not being so effective even though it catches the readers attention straight with his opening line “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times” this puts the reader in suspense and makes him read on.
Overall’s Animal Farm is much more effective for showing the effects and themes of revolution as it clearly shows the causes and consequences of the revolution; it explains the corruption and abuse of power. The novel is short and concise and because of this younger people can read this. It does not use difficult words and the language is very simple. It’s very persuasive. It makes you think and visualize the event in you mind. It shows you a message a message you understand a message that teaches you something a message that will help you one day.