day he fails to safe Charles Darnay from execution in France after putting a lot of effort, he reverts back to his old shoe making habit. Dr. Manette crazily searches
for his old shoe making tool that has been destroyed by Mr. Lorry p. 293; ch 12; book 3. It becomes clear that the mental illness that Dr. Manette has cannot be
cured completely, only by the support of his beloved family that the illness can be suppressed.
One knows that Dr. Manette is a traumatized person through three ways of characterization; speech, conversation of others, and mannerism. His trauma
comes from the time when he is imprisoned in France. During his imprisonment he always keeps his mind occupied by working as a shoemaker. His shoemaking
is actually the embodiment of his trauma. This habit always returns to him whenever Dr. Manette feels stressed.
4.1.2 Dependent
Lucie Manette always takes care of Dr. Manette and always stays beside him. This is actually good for Dr. Manette recovery from his mental illness but on
the other hand this is actually creates another problem. Because of what Lucie have done by lovingly taking care of her father, there is a feeling of dependency
grow within Dr. Manette’s heart on Lucie. This feeling of dependency actually becomes the trigger of Dr. Manette’s mental illness.
One day Charles Darnay comes to speak to Dr. Manette privately, to ask his permission to marry Lucie Manette. He accidentally avoids the subject that
Charles Darnay talks to him. Eventually after a long conversation, Charles Darnay is able to make him sure that the marriage with Lucie Manette will not become a
hurdle for his relationship with his daughter. Although he has agreed that Charles
Darnay does so, yet that night Dr. Manette is seen by his daughter to be walking up and down in his room. It is clear that actually Dr. Manette hates the marriage
idea. Dr. Manette has developed a strong feeling of dependency toward Lucie Manette that cannot be shaken off easily pp. 111-116; ch 10; book 2.
Lucie Manette actually knows that his father has developed some feeling of dependency on her. Because of this, one day before her marriage, Lucie
Manette has a private conversation with his father. In the conversation she asks her father whether the marriage shall be held or not, to find out her father’s
opinion. However, there is a sudden dark and gloomy feeling residing in her father’s mind. He tells her that the marriage is something that is supposed to
happen sooner or later and he will face it no matter what happens pp. 159-160; ch 17; book 2.
After the marriage, Lucie Manette is gone for her honeymoon with his husband. On the night of Lucie Manettes’ departure, Dr. Manette is seen by Mr.
Lorry and Mrs. Pross doing the shoemaking again for nine days and nine nights. This shows that this feeling of dependency cannot be erased easily. Eventually,
after working for nine days and nine nights, he stops his work. He manages to overcome his feeling of dependency and will never do the shoemaking again p.
165; ch 18; book 2. Mostly one can see that Dr. Manette is a dependent person from his
speech, through his conversation with another character in the novel. Dr. Manette is dependent on her daughter. His feeling of dependency is the one that makes him
have a hard time to agree to Charles Darnay’s marriage proposal. Eventually Dr. Manette is able to overcome his trauma. After the time that
he spends by living with his daughter, he manages to become a better person. He manages to change from a traumatized dependent person in to a man that are
smart, loving, independent, and brave. The change that Dr. Manette undergoes is not an easy one. It is not easy because every time he gets stressed the trauma will
return to him. Only by combining his resolve and his daughter love for him that he can overcome his trauma. The love that his daughter has shown to him makes him
realizes that his daughter loves him so much. Therefore he want to return the love that his daughter give him by trying his best in overcoming his trauma. Not only
to repay the love that Lucie Manette gives to him but also as a proof that he also loves his daughter. In the end with his daughter’s help Dr. Manette is able to
overcome his trauma and become a better person.
4.1.3 Loving
