Die Out For Ever

         I have read many books in my life, and in those tens of thousands of pages i know few quotes more compelling than the one on page 398, it reads:
     "I see Barsad, and Cly, Defarge, The Vengance, the Juryman, the Judge, long ranks of the new            oppressors who have risen on the destruction of the old, perishing by this retributive instrument, before it shall cease out of its present use. I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from the abyss, and, in their struggles to be truly free, in their triumphs and defeats, through long years to come, i see the evil of this time and of the previous time of which this is the natural birth, gradually making expiation for itself and waring out."
         This quote was so perfectly written and placed that it spoke to me on a totally different level, so much so that it shocked me. It was worth reading the entire book for. I now see why so many people credit this book as a "Classic". It is quotes like this that make a book.
         There where a few reasons why this quote is so amazing. One being that these are a condemned mans last words. The last things that Sydney Carton will ever say, they carry a meaning more than that of any other in this book. The words are so dramatic, full of life, of spirit, of energy that for a dead man to say it, is shocking to say the least. These are the immortal words of a man that would (if this were a true story) go down in the books for being a truly profound man. He realizes that his life was more or less a waste, throwing it away with years of drinking and being a scumbag, so he risks his life in a daring raid to save an innocent man with a family that is condemned to death.
          I just love how this quote brings closure to the entire book in one big bang. Dickens gives new hope to the reader that there can still be liberty even though people like madame Defarge are in charge by telling us that,"...evil of this time and of the previous time of which this is the natural birth, gradually making expiation for itself and waring out." So it is basically a finale for the book and that is why this is so important. One last thought from Sydney Carton.