Government has been an essential part to any civilization for as long as human kind has existed. People who disagree with the government have also existed for just as long. Whether the government was so simple that the leader was the strongest in the tribe, or whether the government was so complex that it involved thousands of people to make one decision, it always was challenged and eventually changed. The means of change are quite diverse. Assassination, protests, war, petitions, and others are amongst the large list of means for governmental reform. Revolution has also been a frequent method to...
peasants are compared to bloodthirsty animals. This comparison is even furthered when a man writes "blood" on the wall with the mud-wine mixture.

Although change is necessary, it often comes with a price. In Dickens view, the change caused by the revolution was necessary, but the price tag was extremely high. He advocated the social and political change during the French revolution, and knew the same type of change was needed in the London of his time, but wanted it without the bloodshed. A Tale of Two Cities was Dickens' way of telling London what needed to be altered.