"It was the best of times and the worst of times (pg 1)." This says that this book will be full of sorrow as well as hope and love. This is one of the most well known beginnings to any book. Most all people you ask will know that that is from a Tale of Two Cities, granted some will not. I will explain in this essay I will defend the statement that A Tale of Two Cites is ultimately an argument for the necessity of self sacrifice in order for society to survive.

Dr. Manette has been found after eighteen long and agonizing years in the North Tower of the Bastille. No one can believe this and think he has just been on a long vacation which in reality he has not done. While in the North Tower of the Bastille he makes shoes to pass the time...