ed this to be the most terrible times in his life "No words can express the secret agony of my soul, as I sunk into this companionship; compared these everyday associates with those of my happier childhood; and felt my earlier hopes of growing up to be a learned and distinguished man, crushed in my breast" (Dickens). Going through childhood poverty and a feeling of abandonment at such a young age is imaginably horrifying. Charles would do his chores then roam around the street searching in rubbish (Newsom 5-7). Charles then really knew what it felt like to be poor. He would work long hours to help feed himself, and his family and even that wasn't enough (Epstein 24). He would spend long hours wandering in the streets managing to stay alive. Children his age would make fun or mock him as he would pass them (Newsom 57, Epstein 24). At this point in his life Charles suffered greatly.
             Although he had a rough childhood being constantly sick and picked on he managed to keep a positive outlook on his life. Charles's experiences working for a blacking factory made a lasting impression on him, making his determination stronger than ever (Swisher 17). He would do all his work and show his generosity and passion to children and the working poor (Epstein 24-25). Through all his sufferings he was able to create these magnificent novels portraying life as a helpless child.
             In 1837, Dickens published one of his most popular novels Oliver Twist (Davis 281). His intentions were to describe what i
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