Question

name:__ date: period:__ close reading organizer - book 2, chapter 17 directions: read each summary entry and think about which themes listed in the themes key apply to it, then color in those themes in the theme tracker. next, write a few sentences of analysis to explain how the themes you chose apply to each summary section. themes key 1 tyranny and revolution 2 secrecy and surveillance 3 fate and history 4 sacrifice 5 resurrection 6 imprisonment summary theme tracker your analysis lucie spends the last night before her wedding to charles with her father. she asks dr. manette if he believes that her marriage will bring them closer. dr. manette assures her that he wants to see her fulfilled, and couldnt live with himself otherwise. for the first time, dr. manette talks to lucie about his imprisonment in the bastille. he tells her that while there, he passed the time by imagining how his unborn daughter would grow up. would she know nothing about him, or think about her lost father and weave his memory into the family of her own? late that night, lucie sneaks downstairs to check on her sleeping father. dr. manettes face is deeply worn from his trials, but he is peacefully asleep.

Explanation:

1. In the first summary, there are no clear connections to the themes in the key. It's mainly about Lucie's pre - wedding conversation with her father.
2. In the second summary, Dr. Manette talks about his imprisonment in the Bastille, so the theme of Imprisonment applies. His thoughts about his unborn daughter also touch on the idea of Fate and History as his life was disrupted by imprisonment and he pondered his daughter's life trajectory.
3. In the third summary, Lucie sneaking downstairs to check on her father has no obvious connection to the themes.

Answer:

Summary	Theme Tracker	Your Analysis
For the first time, Dr. Manette talks to Lucie about his imprisonment in the Bastille. He tells her that while there, he passed the time by imagining how his unborn daughter would grow up. Would she know nothing about him, or think about her lost father and weave his memory into the family of her own?	3. Fate and History, 6. Imprisonment	Dr. Manette's imprisonment is a central part of his life story (Imprisonment), and his musings on his daughter's life are related to the concepts of Fate and History as his life was interrupted and he wondered about her future.
Late that night, Lucie sneaks downstairs to check on her sleeping father. Dr. Manette's face is deeply worn from his trials, but he is peacefully asleep.	None	No strong thematic links to provided themes.