Dickens use of characters
February 7, 1812, a day in history no one thought possible, a day in history where the view of literature would be changed forever, a day when an author is destined to be considered one of the greatest English novelists of the Victorian period. The day a man whose works are characterized by attacks on social evils, injustice, and hypocrisy. Charles Dickens was born in Land port, Hampshire, England on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the navy pay office who was well paid but often ended up in financial troubles. These financial troubles soon led to their family being put in Marshatea Debtors Prison in 1824. Prior to his family being put in prison, Dickens moved to London (1814); then Chatham where he received some education. Dickens career as a writer of fiction started in 1833 when his short stories and essays appeared in periodicals. His sketches, "By Boz" and "The Pickwick Papers", were published in 1836 in the same year he married the daughter of his friend George Hogarth, Catherine Hogarth. "The Pickwick Papers" were stories about a group of rather odd individuals and their travels to Ipswich, Rochester, Bath, and elsewhere. Dickens's novels first appearance in monthly
While living in a different household and having a different family, Dickens built up a sense that the family was mistreating toward him. Dickens' use of this character gives us a reason for using the name 'scrooge' as a criticizing name. Dickens uses the name 'Cruncher' for someone who has his values of life upside down. This book is about a man who is so greedy he forces men to work on Christmas, but is suddenly changed by Christmas spirit. She overcomes the obstacles of their marriage and Davids other romances, but doesn't overcome them with jealousy, she overcomes them with love and compassion" (Page 59). "Sydney Carton is an insolent, indifferent, and alcoholic attorney who works with Stryver Carton. He becomes important due to his leadership, and because unlike, Madame Defarge, he doesn't want to bring people to their death," (Griffith 31). The lessons taught and the morals learned from these novels will stay in the lives of the people forever. Pips unattainable dream throughout the novel is Estella. Edward Murdstone is another character that Dickens uses to portray his background information of growing up as a boy. Another character that Dickens uses is Uriah Heep. These events lead to Dickens choice of becoming a believer in Christ at an early age. This is why he was destined to be one of the greatest, and is one of the greatest, novelists to not only be in the Victorian period, but to today's date as well. Murdstone is an untrustworthy, cruel, and mistreative man toward David and his mother" (Page 48). She spends a good deal of the novel knitting everyone who must die," (Griffith 26).
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