David Copperfield speaks the voice of its author, Charles Dickens. ... The author himself experienced some of these and depicted them in his story of a boy named David Copperfield. ... Murdstone in the book. ... David Copperfield entered into the world of education. ... David Copperfield was not only a semi-autobiography, but also a bucket of ice water to the people living in and with these predicaments in their social system. ...

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David Copperfield and Jane Eyre had very similar childhoods, Jane was orphaned David lost his father, Jane lived in an abusive home, David lived in an abusive home, Jane was sent off to a boarding school and so was David. ... All the things that happened to David Copperfield and Jane Eyre were gender specific. ... Yet at the end of the book Jane had all the money she could ever hope for. ... David Copperfield and Jane Eyre lives were built entirely on the fact that both were broke; if they would have been born into families of wealth the outcome of their live would have changed. David ...

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A male dominant society, the demeanor towards children and the act of child abuse should censor the book David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens for schools in grades K through sixth due to the bias inferiority complex perpetuated by men. ... This went on throughout the book and nothing was ever done to stop this problem. ... The book shows children as low class. ... For example, in the book David is out on his own in the world and is trying to find his way back home. ... The last reason for censoring this book is the act of child abuse. ...

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In this essay I will explore and compare both Charles Dickens and Roddy Doyle's way of presenting a child's view of the world in their novels, David Copperfield' and Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. ... Charles Dickens wrote his famous novel David Copperfield' in 1870during the reign of Queen Victoria (the Victorian era.) ... In Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha' Roddy Doyle does not use a straight-forward method of narrating his story like Charles Dickens does in David Copperfield, it doesn't have an obvious beginning, middle and end. ... He doesn't start the novel with Padd...

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In the first sentence of the book, he starts out by saying " f you really want to hear about it, the first thing you"ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that a David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." ... Another thing that Holden is constantly doing throughout the book is lying. ... Another person who he speaks highly of in this book is his deceased brother, Allie. ... Although we never meet Jane in the book,...

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She had hope that her illustration work with the major magazine would be a valuable stepping stone to book illustration. Her first book illustrations which were in black and white appeared in a book of poems entitled New and True by Mary Wiley Stauer. ... For the book "Smith used colored charcoal and watercolor to portray a serene world of children, toys, and dolls. ... From these came The Jessie Wilcox Smith Mother Goose book which was an instant success. ... Jessie Wilcox Smith was fond of classic boys and girl's stories and painted illustrations for such natable characters as Davi...

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An ode the woman herself, Queen Victoria, and the subsequent characteristics of the Victorian period In an unpredictable, tumultuous era, the stern, staid figure of Queen Victoria came to represent stability and continuity. The adjective "Victorian" was first used in 1851 to celebrate the nation's mounting pride in its institutions and commercial success. That year, the global predominance of British industry had emerged incontestably at the original "world's fair" in London, the "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations," which Prince Albert helped organize. Arra...

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In the book there is a fearful marsh, fog London, mysterious escaped criminal and uncertain love. The book is "great expectations". ... He seemed to have found, like Pip, that this "great expectations" had turned to ashes. 2.As Dickens had written about orphans in "Oliver Twist" and "David Copperfield", he obviously wrote about Pip smoothly and freely at description. Owing to the simple expression he used in the book, I could understand the story. ... The point of view in this book would challenge his reader's consciences and intelligence. ...

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Charles Dickens Oliver Twist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) comes from a poor family, his father was even in prison, and his experiences from his childhood are reflected in his many books such as David Copperfield, Little Dorrit. ... This novel was serialized in 1837-9 and published in a book form in 1838. ...

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"3 This is clear to Florian Schweizer who believes that "It is beyond question, however, that David Copperfield and Great expectations are two significant contributions to the nineteenth century, trans-European discourse about the formation of character.... His novel was not published as one full book, it was released on a weekly basis. ...

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At the start of the novel Holden makes it clear that he is not writing his life story, about his childhood, or, as he puts it, "all that David Copperfield kind of crap." ... This is beginning to become a very familiar scene in the book, Holden finds everything about his surroundings vulgar and tasteless, he then ends up upsetting his company so much they leave depressed and rejected. ... Holden closes the book out by telling us that he is in a mental hospital and that he hopes to get out and go to school in September. ... I enjoyed this book a lot, not only because I think that every tee...

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Raymond Bucklands book, Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft mentions her research, saying that she found it to be a fully organized religion throughout Western Europe centuries before Christianity (1). ... Most books about Witchcraft focus on coven Witchcraft and it is very hard to find a book on anything else. ... The word Magick is spelled with a "k" to distinguish between stage magic, for instance David Copperfield's work, and real magick the unexplainable or supernatural.' ... In the book Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft Raymond Buckland states thirteen Prin...

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Charles Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens's works are characterized by attacks on social evils, injustice, and hypocrisy. Charles was born at Landport, in Portsea, England, February 7, 1812, He was the second of eight children. Dickens's father was employed as a minor civil servant in the Naval Pay Office, a job that required the family to move a number of times. Dickens" family spent many of Charles's early years fairly pleasantly in Chatham but made their final move to a miserable part of London. ...

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Holden spends a majority of the book, wandering the streets of New York, and is feeling an overwhelming sense of loneliness. ... One thing that has made this book such a continuing success, is the fact that it could be set in any time period and still contain all of the same meaning. ... When we first meet Holden, he says, "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you"ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like ...

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• Grade Level: High School