A TALE OF TWO CITIES

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A tale of two cities

A tale of two cities is a novel depicting the lives and times of the people of France during the reign of King Louis xvi. It is a period that was marred with extensive suffering as the aristocrats ruled with an iron fist subjecting the masses to untold suffering. The novel’s setting is before, during and after the French revolution which saw very many people lose their lives. Charles Dickens is trying to use the events that occurred in France to warn the people of England especially the ruling class of an impending danger. His sample I would say is very sufficient as some measures were actually taken to avert in revolution in England.

Charles Dickens gathers information from the occurrences of the French revolution to try and convince the reader that the same fate can become of England if appropriate and necessary actions are not taken. He uses both inductive and deductive reasoning in his 45 chapter novel to try and bring his message to light. Deductive reasoning involves trying to get at a certain conclusion by making generalizations heading to a conclusion of the specific while inductive reasoning involves studying the specific events first and generalizing from the same (Rudinow& Barry, 2008).

In his case, Dickens took the events that were occurring in France to convince the nobles and the ruling elite in England that England was not immune to the France’s fate. He continually compares the living conditions of the people in England to those of the people in France. There is no much difference in his comparison leading him to generalize that the safe fate could affect England as there were no significant differences between the two countries. He uses deductive reasoning to prescribe a way in which England could avert the fate of France as he loved his country very much.

In my case, I usually use deductive reasoning where I first concentrate on the general occurrences before making conclusions with the specifics. This ensures that I do not miss out on any information.

Reference

Rudinow, J., & Barry, E.V. (2008). Invitation to critical thinking. Belmont, CA:

Thomson Higher Education.