France had a raging fire building up within her getting stronger every day of every week of every month. This fire could also be seen in Madame Defarge. As the book gets deeper into its plot, Madame Defarge becomes more and more outraged at Lucy and her family. She stops at nothing to see that this family is going through complete torment. The climax of the revolution can be seen in Madame Defarge's break down. She seems to have it all under control just knitting and controlling the citizens of France, but she loses all control just as the revolution does. She becomes so enraged with her efforts to kill the Darnay family that when it almost becomes impossible she tries it on her own. This leads to her own demise. Madame Defarge in a sense of speaking is the common citizens of France and the revolution.
Sparkling blue seas and rolling fields of grain are what come to most people's minds when they think of America. Those images are great, but they only pertain to a small section of America, mainly the Mid-Western states. Lady Liberty over looked tall skyscrapers, beautiful parks, and millions of happy people in many US citizen's eyes, but now she over looks rubble, dirty, narrow streets, poverty stricken families, and a hurting city. You don't hear many people using this description to describe America. Instead, they use gorgeous white sand beaches of Florida and Hawaii, the magnificent Smokey Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina, the great forest of Washington, or the amber waves of grain of Oklahoma and Kansas. Why do we use these images instead of the dirty deserts of California, Nevada and New Mexico, the swampy lands of Georgia and Florida , the ice covered land of Alaska, or the dirty streets of our metropolises? The answer is simple. America wants people to see her as grand and magnificent, a step above the rest. Since her humble beginning, America has been a strong and demanding nation, and she is not about to give up her title to anyone.
