The people are becoming more bestial than those who oppressed them. While the oppressors were appathetic, these people crave blood and revenge. When I first heard that Charles was going to go to France, I had a feeling that something was bound to go wrong. What was the deal with the people who escorted him? Were they working for the rebels like Defarge because they delivered Darnay to a prison or were they working to get some extra coin from him?
It was kind of interesting that Defarge at first seemed concerned that Darnay left his wife to come into danger, but then said that he wouldn't help him. Is it really more honorable to be loyal to your country and liberty than to be loyal to what is right?
I was somewhat relieved to hear that Lucie and her father came into the picture during the last section because all didn't seem hopeless for Darnay. The people were like savages though. I pictured seeing them like tribal canibals, viciously grinding the stone to sharpen their weapons and then charging back to slay another prisoner. It's like their hunger has caused their insanity as they thirst for blood and revenge. Chills went down my spine when Lorry said, "they are...murdering the prisoners."
It's interesting how quickly the minds of the people changed when Mannette went out to them (which is a good thing, but still, they are easily persuaded by their loyalties). I hope that Mannette and the men get to Darnay on time. I want to read on to see if he makes it and to see what the Doctor left in his cell that Defarge found. I also want to see how Sydney Carton comes in to lay down his life for Darnay or another of Lucie's loved ones.
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I also thought that something was going to go wrong when I heard that Darnay was going to France. Something about it seemed foreboding. I thought that the escorts were just sent to him for someone to take him to and around France. I didn't really think anything of them when I was first introduced to them, but after reading how they basically got him arrested, it didn't seem that they were on his side. I am unsure though.
I also agree with you. One should be loyal to one's country, but if it puts one's morals on the line, then I think that one should defend his or her morals first. Were people just more patriotic to their country at that time or was this just the way one guy was acting and felt? I think that people at this time didn't really know what was morally right and wrong because they were murdering people, sometimes innocent people. Did these people not have feelings toward others? How could they not care? This kind of reminds me of the Holocaust and many people just sat by and watched other innocent people be killed for nothing. It's just inhuman.
I totally agree with you that the people are worse than the rich oppressers. And the most horrible of them all are the Defarges. They are just cold, inhumane people who, in my opinion, have gone too far. They don't even know what they're doing, there's no way their country could be run this way.
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