wrong, but because he is relatedto the Evrmonde family, which killed her relative. Though "Dickens seems almost toregard violence as the one way to bring about social change,"(Lucas,288) he then began todenounce the actions taken by some of the revolutionaries. The citizens let their righteouscause turn into vengefulness. Even servants and maids to the aristocrats were beheaded,although they had not really done anything wrong. Animal Farm and A Tale of TwoCities were written to express their authors' disenchantment with the state of evolution ofhuman nature. They seem to be saying, that even when we begin with honourableintentions, there will be some of us who will let their base instincts take control. Orwell, inAnimal Farm portrays this nature by parodying events in real history. Given the rightconditions, those events could happen anywhere - a leader becoming overly ambitious, tothe point of harming his people for morepower. In A Tale of Two Cities, Dickensexamines the inner soul, and shares with us how people are driven to the valley of humanemotions, where desperation and anger reign, and what could happen afterwards if we letthese emotions build up inside. Every human being is capable of becoming a ruthless,opportunistic being like Napoleon or Madame Defarge, if placed in the right place, at theright time. -- ...
