“He who sacrifices his heart, in silence, for the happiness of others, is indeed the strongest man” (Vesper San). One can change and grow as a person for the better in so many ways that strongly impact the people in their life. The character from the novel, A Tale of Two Cities, Sydney Carton was one of these people, and his loved ones benefited from this change. In the book, A Tale of Two Cities, Sydney Carton’s love for Lucie allows him to make selfless and brave choices that make life better for the people he cares about. He was able to make these choices because of his compassion he developed throughout the book. Sydney Carton’s compassion enables him to be a hero because he realizes that his true purpose in life is to give up his life for the happiness of the people he cares about most. Sydney Carton’s compassion and love for Lucie allows him to make selfless and courageous decisions that impact the people he loves. At the end of chapter thirteen, “The Fellow of No Delicacy,” Carton talks to Lucie about how his life is barely worth living, and he wants her to know she deserves to be happy. Carton explains to Lucie what he wants for her in life when he says, “O Miss Manette, when the little picture of a …show more content…
At the end of chapter fifteen, Carton is about to give up his life for the people he loves by going to the guillotine in place of Darnay. Carton imagines what happens after his death and he thinks, “I see him winning it so well, that my name is made illustrious there by the light of his. I see the blots I threw upon it, faded away" (428). Sydney imagines Lucie’s future son living life amazingly, making Carton’s name well known and doing great things with it. The wrong that he did in his name was covered up with the greatness of Lucie’s son. Carton sees that by him sacrificing his life, he is making the lives of those he cares about better in the