Charles Dickens Beliefs In A Christmas Carol

The World of Charles Dickens “If they would rather die… they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.” – Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. These words from Ebenezer Scrooge show great contrast to the actual beliefs of Charles Dickens, author of A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and more. Charles had a crazy life. From being poor and broke, to writing novels that would go on to shape the world and impact the hearts of people who read his noble work, Charles did many things in his life time. Charles and some of his beliefs also went on to change worldviews. Some of his beliefs include caring for the poor and spreading joy and love. His world was different from ours today. The world of Charles Dickens is best

Charles’s family consisted of himself, his parents and his siblings. Dickens’s parents, John and Elizabeth Dickens got married in 1809. (charlesdickenspage.com) John Dickens worked in a Navy Pay office, and then was sent to debtor’s prison when Charles was young. Charles was then put in a factory to try to pay off the debut his family was in. One might say that this event was crucial in defining Dickens’s character and beliefs. After all one of Charles’s main beliefs was to help the poor. His sympathy for the poor came from personal experience of being poor. For the rest of Charles’s life he was embarrassed by his father. John struggled with finances all his life, and once Charles became famous, he would go behind his own son’s back and ask Charles’s friends who were also rich and famous, for loans. John and Charles’s relationship was bad, but Charles and his mother’s relationship were worse. After John was released from debtor’s prison, the employer at the factory Charles worked at fought with Charles’s parents. This caused Charles to be released from the factory. One would think that everything was fine now, right? No. Charles’s mother Elizabeth attempted to put him back in the awful factory. Charles never forgave his mother