It has often been said that it is human nature to fear change. This fear however, is misplaced. In many instances the change involved can be a complete transformation of a character rather than a small change in life style. These changes are usually the ones not to be feared, but rather greeted with open arms, as was the case with Carton in A Tale of Two Cities. He began as a drunkard, and ended the book by dieing as a hero, highlighting the idea in the book that care about what one does will often lead to much better things than a careless attitude, because Sydney Carton cared greatly that his life was leading nowhere, and greatly wished to change that. In fact, a careless attitude can lead to not only the destruction of one's own life, but can ruin the lives of countless others.

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