Dialectical Journal For A Tale Of Two Cities By Jeannette

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Shift: On the bottom of page 18, Jeannette thinks about how lucky her family is to be sleeping under the stars and living a great adventure. She tells her older sister Lori, “We could live like this forever” and Lori responds “I think we’re going to.” The tone in the passage shifts as this occurs, explain why. Atmosphere: What kind of atmosphere is created on page 34, where it reads, “I didn’t have the answers to those questions, but what I did know was that I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes” ? How does this shape your idea of Jeanette’s life? Symbol: What do the last two sentences on page 57 symbolize? What other events in the book show similar symbolization?

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