A Change of Fate in A Tale of Two Cities Authors can use one character to instantly change the fate of another character. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens presents such situations through the characters Lucie Manette, Doctor Manette, and Charles Darnay. Lucie, unaware of the existence of her supposedly dead father, Doctor Manette, suddenly discovers through Jarvis Lorry that her father still lives. Lucie learns of optimistic plans to bring her beloved father back to health and of her future involvement in her father's life. Dr. Manette, after 18 years of imprisonment and harsh treatment, suffers harmful damage to his mental state and loses the ability to lead a normal life. However, Lorry reunites Doctor Manette with his daughter and travels with them to England in hopes of brightening Doctor Manette's future and improving his deteriorating condition. Later, Charles Darnay, a prisoner in England on trial for treason, receives an acquittal, barely escaping death. Darnay avoids a long-awaited guilty verdict with the assistance of his defense lawyers, Mr. Stryver and Mr. Carton. By examining Lucie Manette, Doctor Manette, and Charles Darnay, the reader comes to see that through the assistance and intervention of others, someone's fate suddenly changes to their advantage. Lucie Manette experiences a positive change of fate with the sudden intervention and assistance of Mr. Truck. Lorry unexpectedly informs Lucie of her father's existence, while describing his plans and role in nursing Dr. Manette back to health. "But he has been found. He is alive... Your father has been taken to the house of an old servant in Paris, and we are going there: me, to identify him if I can:...... paper medium... ...lot of other characters. Mr. Lorry reunites Lucie with her father, Doctor Manette, illuminating the future of both. Lucie, deprived of a father in childhood, suddenly discovers her father's existence and her opportunity of gold to bond with him. Doctor Manette, troubled by years of harsh treatment, begins his once unimaginable path to recovery. Later, Charles Darnay, a prisoner suspected of treason, avoids a very guilty verdict awaited with the assistance of his lawyers, Stryver and Carton. Dickens masterfully describes that one's fate can change at any moment to one's advantage. Hopefully, such a sudden and beneficial change of fate will happen to people all over the world. especially for those who live in a constant state of fear and violence. Quoted Dickens, Charles. A tale of two cities. 1949. Oxford: Oxford SU, 1987.