The class struggle between the aristocracy and the peasantry was a big issue during this time, and if you think about it, that issue still remains even up to this present day. This struggle has been worldwide and the root of it is selfishness. Selfish individuals think about what’s best for them, or what they can enhance from. If people would think a little less about themselves and more about the community and helping others less fortunate, the world would be a better place. In A Tale Of Two Cities we find three main reasons this time was so broken by examining the author’s background and by exploring his protrails of a cruel aristocracy and an oppressed peasantry. The three reasons for this writing, how it was brought to mind, and the main struggles in the midst of that are, Dicken’s own life and lessons learned through that, the corruption money brings to those who yearn for it, and the portrayal of oppressed peasantry. The french Revolution In Charle’s Dicken’s eyes was a tragic yet teacheful time. The first reason for the struggle and the image of this struggle is from Dicken’s own life. All of his work was influenced by his background and all of the things he went through. When Dickens was 12 years old, his parents were put in debtors prison which was a huge turning point in his life. He worked in a shoe polishing company for a tremendous amount of his life then continued to go to school to become a writer. Dickens experienced both poverty and wealth, which is why