Egyptian Revolution

The Egyptian Revolution is similar to the French Revolution that took place during the story in A Tale of Two Cities in many ways. The first similarity is why they occurred. Both were put into action because the people in the area did not agree with and were not loyal to their leaders due to their lack of awareness and ability to fulfill their jobs. The French King and Queen during the revolution were oblivious to the starvation and pain of the lower class causing the feeling of unrest in society while in Egypt the regime that President Hosni Mubarak had put into action was disliked by all of the citizens. Another detail that led to the revolutions were revolutions that occurred before them that inspired the revolutions in France and the revolution in Egypt. For France, the American Revolution had recently occurred while in Egypt they were inspired by the Tunisian Revolution. One key difference was the social classes that participated in the revolts. In Egypt people from different religious backgrounds and people from different socio-economic classes joined together to act against their leader and the regime he created. Another common factor in each was the torture that occurred during or because of the result. In A Tale of Two Cities, many innocent people were being killed y the guillotine and a young child died by getting hit by the carriage. In the Egyptian revolution, torture was the result of the revolution because the emergency laws were put into action and because of the brutality of the police. These two revolutions show patterns that can be shown in most revolutions.

Lexie Arendt

Source: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/egypt/index.html