The Portrayal of Family in Charles Dickens' David Copperfield

Charles Dickens is considered, by many critics, as one of the greatest writers during the Victorian Period. His unique style of writing makes the reader contemplate his ideas, thoughts, and notions towards the society. Firstly, Dickens demonstrates emotions through tone or attitude in Pip, the main protagonist. The first tone is regretful. He regrets at making poor choices and only longing for the good future.

Charles Dickens, the man of hard work and great expectations, was a tremendous novelist and an affirmative mentor. He had a poor childhood, an irksome teenage life, and a superlative adult life. The novels he wrote is what makes him who is today. He is known for bringing England’s public problems to attention. He is known for the powerful messages that he gave.

my conclusion of dickens is that he is a genius with mistakes in his writing that also had his ups and downs through life. everything that he lived through inspired him to write those marvelous stories. my favorite quote from dickens is " There is wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart" symbolizing how he put his life experience into his writings.

His use of language obviously creates many emotions for the reader when reading his novels. One of the main emotions Dickens creates very well is sympathy. This is displayed in many of novels, especially 'Great Expectations'. In Chapter 1, Charles Dickens creates sympathy for two of the main characters, Pip and Magwitch. It is written in the 1st person and therefore automatically emotionally involves the reader.

"Great Expectations" is one of Dickens's most mature works, are his late works. After experiencing a wealth of human life, Dickens has a profound understanding of people, the surrounding environment, and his own life experiences. All his mature ideas and thoughts are summarized in the book "Great Expectations". Dickens is a British writer and social critic. He has created some of the most famous fictional characters of the world and is regarded by many as the greatest Victorian novelist.

In this essay I am going to explore how Dickens made his key characters striking and memorable by using different methods. Section 1- Magwitch =================== Dickens wrote ‘Great Expectations’ in the first person perspective of Pip. By doing this Dickens used a method by which he can create memorable and striking characters because the way that Pip reacts to the characters and the way they treat Pip makes us remember them. At the beginning of the book in chapter 1, Pip meets Magwitch, an escaped convict who threatens P... ... middle of paper ... ...ds striking and memorable through use of physical description, setting and speech. The way that the characters interact with Pip is also important.

This therefore is why each chapter is like an episode of a drama with a cliff-hanger tempting the enthralled reader into reading on. Throughout my coursework I am also going to analyse the use of themes within the novel. I believe that the most prominent theme throughout the book is the idea of social class. Social status has a massive impact on the book and was a very important part of Dickens’ life as well. Instantly as the first chapter unfolds we see many different examples of social status with the criminal, Joe and also Mrs. Joe all being manual workers.

E. D. H. Johnson's, Charles Dickens: An Introduction to His Novels, discussed a conversation that John Forster overheard between Charles Dickens’s father and a man, in which; the man claimed that he remembered a young Dickens working in his factory (Johnson 1). Johnson stated, “Forster's curiosity over this chance discovery moved Dickens to write the fragment of an autobiography which he subsequently entrusted to his friend when he decided to incorporate the substance of his recollections almost verbatim in the Murdstone and Grinby episode of David Copperfield”(Johnson 1). D... ... middle of paper ... ...vid Copperfield. http://www.eiu.edu/~multilit/engl253-01s02/dickens/publicationrecep.htm Other Sites interesting Sources Hornback, Bert. David Copperfield in Noah's Architecture: A Study of Dickens' Mythology.

He uses so many adjectives in his writing and together with verbs it really captures the reader’s imagination. Of all the characters in "Great Expectations" it is Pip that demands sympathy the most. In my opinion I think that Dickens does extremely well to generate the significant amount of sympathy that he does for Pip. He also manages to create a certain amount of sympathy for some of the other characters as well. Overall I feel that “Great Expectations” is a great novel that is well written with diverse and complex themes throughout.

A skeptic, like myself can see this novel as an unbelievable, idealistic and overrated. An unbiased reader however can see this novel as inspiring, a tale of love, hate and the human spirit. Love and Hate play a constant role, as does the underlying historical event of the French revolution. These factors make up the bare bones of the novel so that one must look closely to see Dickens's Biases, attempts at pe... ... middle of paper ... ...left for a few weeks, even though he is seen to and looked after by two of his closest friends. Overall Dickens's a tale of two cities is an enduring novel that I have to admit has been read countless times and become incredibly popular since its first publication.