Selection A: A Tale of Two Cities Revolution Essay
A Tale of Two Cities describes the impact of a revolution across all aspects of
civilization. The novel recounts the response to the fall of the elite by all levels of society
during the French Revolution as represented by specific characters. Your job is to
create a hypothetical revolution of your own in a current country.
Unlike A Tale of Two Cities, your selected country need not have unequal wealth
distribution. Your chosen countrys imbalance may be based on gender, culture, religion, appearance, etc. You will need to research the current structure of the selected
countrys government and society so that you are able to clearly explain the inequalities
and their impact.
Since you are proposing a hypothetical revolution, it will not be possible to
provide exact numbers regarding the casualties and details regarding the resulting
government but you can easily make predictions based on similar historical uprisings.
Your revolution must follow the socioeconomic skeleton of most revolutions:
There must be a large gap between the available opportunities for two distinct groups
There must be a disparity in freedoms, either forced or voluntary, between two distinct groups
There must be a perceived injustice
There must be an uprising
There must be casualties
There must be a resolution
There must be a working government prior to the revolution and a working
government after the revolution
Your revolution must be realistic. You must provide enough data/information to
support your assertions and predictions. You must provide enough information about the day-to-day lives of both your groups prior to the revolution and after the revolution.
Since the goal of your resolution is a stable ruling body, your new government must be
one that would be welcomed in the country you selected by the inhabitants