'At extermination,' said Madame" (Dickens, 317). Chinua Achebe's character, Okonkwo, also starts out as a lower classed member of society. However, instead of revolting, Okonkwo works to become a respected member of society. "Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements" (Achebe, 3).

In A Tale of Two Cities Dickens writes about how in late 18Th century France, peasant "scarecrows" starved while nobility and royalty treated themselves to every indulgence.

" 'One must stop somewhere. After all, the question is still where?'

"For the time was to come, when the gaunt scarecrows of that region should have watched the lamplighter, in their idleness and hunger, so long, as to conceive the idea of improving on his method, and hauling up men

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