A Tale of Two Cities
Keys of the Kingdom,? by A.J. Cronin, starts off as a heart wrenching story about a boy who experiences misfortune one after another. His life seems to take a slide until God turns his afflictive calamity into a glorious fortune.In the first half of the story, Francis grows up in Tweedside, Scotland in the year 1878. Scotland is a gorgeous country filled with luscious greens and mountains that fill the eye with wonder and awe. Francis?s father was a Catholic and unlike his father, his mother was of a different religion. But when Francis travels to an alien land, the scene is filled with easy country, splendid mountains, the valleys were aflame with wild rhododendrons, and glades of flowering apricots whose perfume prickled the nostrils like sparkling wine. Although the scenery is as beautiful as it is, in the town Pai-Tan, China is filled with gloomy faces, and pockets empty. Francis is the type of man whose speech is sparingly heard, but strongly and most definitely imprints a mark in the heart of the listener. His humble attire and sincere character make him appear sensitive and devout. Throughout life his companion, Willy, is a headstrong and faithful pagan that is always there when a stick
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Approximate Word count = 1202
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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