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At ten o'clock one evening, the hotel waiter woke up carton as instructed. Carton went to Stryver's office. After Carton helped Stryver sort out the materials, the two talked while drinking. They recalled the past. Stryver thought that Carton's way of life was a bad way, and Carton express his own feelings. And This passage comes from this conversation. In fact, this passage is not complete. The complete passage is “Before Shrewsbury, and at Shrewsbury, and ever since Shrewsbury, you have fallen into your rank, and I have fallen into mine. Even when we were fellow students in the Student-Quarter of Paris, picking up French, and French law, and other French crumbs that we didn't get much good of, you were always somewhere, and I was always--nowhere”. Caton is striver's assistant. He helps striver organize manuscripts behind the scenes, and striver enjoys praise and success. People call Stryver a lion and Carton a jackal. Stryver thinks carton has no goal and can't cheer up. Carton didn't want to hear Stryver preach. He felt that Stryver was always in front of him. He thought that Stryver were always driving and riving and shouldering and pressing, to that restless degree that he had no chance for my life but in rust and repose. From this passage, we can see that carton has fallen into his current situation. He is stubborn. He stubbornly believes that he should fall behind, stubbornly makes himself fall in tears, stubbornly goes his own way, and doesn't listen to other people's preaching and exhortation. He knew he was falling, but he couldn't help doing it. Many people have this mentality. They choose to give up after falling behind many times, are content with the status quo, are unwilling to make changes, lack fighting spirit, lose hope, and sometimes even blame others for the failure. They are too stubborn and self righteous. We often fall into such a dead circle in our life. But we should listen to others and make changes instead of sinking deeper and deeper into the mire.