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Tuesday 25 December 2012
Thursday 13 December 2012
A Tale of Two Cities
We were unbelievably fortunate to get the opportunity to meet the Lord Mayor of London, David Wooton, at Mansion House recently. We traveled all the way to London to get to see the way the other half lived; rooms architecturally beautiful with chandeliers bigger than I have ever seen before. It was an amazing experience – all in aid of this new project about the famous author, Charles Dickens.
Charles Dickens grew up in a family that struggled to make ends meet. In his stories he wrote about the lower class in such a way that you fell in love with them, as in stories such as ‘A Christmas Carol’ where you hear about The Cratchit Family and Tiny Tim. He portrays them as humble and angelic in contrast to the rich Scrooge who is cold hearted and selfish. From his stories he always had the opinion that these characters of rich society had the ability to change. Living in Victorian England, Dickens experienced first-hand the effects of the industrial revolution. When he himself achieved a more comfortable lifestyle he wrote a story where his opinion seemed to change, the roles were reversed with the character Charles Darnay – which is similar to his name – in the story of ‘A Tale of Two Cities’. This character always tried to help.
David has worked hard all his life and climbed the social standings until the point that he gets the opportunity to live in the spectacular mansion house. After visiting this amazing historical building and meeting the Mayor, I can comfortably say that the Mayor of London is more like Charles Darnay, an aristocrat with a conscience.
Words: Jessie. Photo: Kathryn
Charles Dickens grew up in a family that struggled to make ends meet. In his stories he wrote about the lower class in such a way that you fell in love with them, as in stories such as ‘A Christmas Carol’ where you hear about The Cratchit Family and Tiny Tim. He portrays them as humble and angelic in contrast to the rich Scrooge who is cold hearted and selfish. From his stories he always had the opinion that these characters of rich society had the ability to change. Living in Victorian England, Dickens experienced first-hand the effects of the industrial revolution. When he himself achieved a more comfortable lifestyle he wrote a story where his opinion seemed to change, the roles were reversed with the character Charles Darnay – which is similar to his name – in the story of ‘A Tale of Two Cities’. This character always tried to help.
David has worked hard all his life and climbed the social standings until the point that he gets the opportunity to live in the spectacular mansion house. After visiting this amazing historical building and meeting the Mayor, I can comfortably say that the Mayor of London is more like Charles Darnay, an aristocrat with a conscience.
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