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  When Stryver was assisted by Carton for dealing with his paper, they began to talk about statues and ranks. Carton said in self-mockery, from students period to work, Stryver was always in the front rank with fame while he was always behind and unknown. As a lawyer Carton is outstanding, but willing to hide behind Stryver, to be a stepping stone to the success of others. He seems to have built a wall to isolate himself and fame, and profit, and society, and silently stay in the corner. The chapter was called The Jackal, in which Stryver was compared to a lion and Carton was compared to a Jackal. But Sydney Carton would never be a lion like Stryver in the front rank, he could only be an amazingly good jackal but was nowhere, and that he rendered suit and service to Stryver in that humble capacity. In this chapter, Stryver as the lion, kept Carton down, stopped him from developing further and pointed his finger in an attempt to boost his ego; On the contrary, Carton can only adopt the self-preservation strategy of the underdog. In my view, Stryver’s fame came from his sophisticated personality but without genuine talent. Though Carton was always behind and unknown, he was noble with a great altruism in his heart and would like to sacrifice for love. So your rank can’t decide your quality. Also we can’t define and deal with one just by his statues because his quality and his virtue are much more important than the superficial and shallow rank.

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