The word that can sum up many of the themes in the book is position. The word covers themes like class, wealth, social standing, and others. Social standing was very important in The Great Gatsby. For example, Tom's social standing allowed him to treat everyone, including his own wife, like dirt, except on rare occasions when he felt like being helpful. Gatsby's social standing allowed him to be generous, because everyone expected it of him after attending or hearing about one of his lavish parties.
As in many other of his books, Dickens uses his character’s personalities to represent the attitudes of society. He demonstrates their pure selfishness, shown through his characters, during the times of the industrial revolution, where the idea of reform was rife. Mr Bumble is one of the main characters presented by Dickens in Chapter Four of ‘Olive Twist’. The speech and attitude of Bumble is very distinctive throughout the whole of the novel, in terms of his own arrogance and self-righteousness. Bumble greets Mr Sowerberry by shaking his hand, ignoring what Sowerberry says and repeats, ‘You’ll make your fortune, Mr Sowerberry,’ twice.
Rather spend; he is greedy, not even spending money for electricity at his workplace but rather working with candles during the night. What Dickens presents and commentates on is even though the upper class has it all, they rather seem to be stingy and greedy, not wanting to share their wealth, not wanting to give for the better. Not wanting to do so only creates a bad reputation for the upper class. On the other hand, Tiny Tim, and his family have close to nothing at all, only to be more giving and wanting than the upper class fellows. Dickens demonstrations here that Tiny Tim is the most vulnerable of all the lower class yet he is one of the most giving and happy members of the lower class, which puts shame on Scrooge and his fellow upper class men.
He considers himself to be the enlightened thinker, walking above the ground, looking down in disdain at the ignorant masses living their meaningless lives. However, his isolation and inaction bind him in chains in the lowest level of the cave. As evident through his self-indulgent behavior, he is the manifestation of liberal society. He is the only and most important person in his life. He is the “I.” Throughout his life, Fyodor Dostoevky was perturbed by the liberal direction of thinking that circulated among the upper echelon of society.
While reading Pride and Prejudice and Great Expectations, we see the portrayal of social status and snobbery repeatedly represented throughout both novels. It was the common theme in both and it was represented strongly by the characters that evolved throughout them. During the 1800’s, social status was a very important factor in peoples’ lives and we see that through Jane Austen and Charles Dickens’ works, how it influenced both of them and their writings. Great expectations has been described as a story of a 'snobs progress' as we see Pip transition from a young boy at the forge to a gentleman, in this essay I will discuss the ways in which Dickens keeps the readers sympathy for Pip even though at times his rude behaviour has shocked readers. Also I will explore snobbery in other characters in the novel which I will compare to Pride and Prejudice.
Through this, Dickens is able to show readers that the things we should value most in life are priceless, and are the key to ultimately finding happiness. Dickens uses Old Fezziwig to guide Scrooge into recognising how treating his
To start with, in the story, Ebenezer Scrooge has no feelings towards his family or acquaintances and holds a strictly professional relationship with them, creating a hostile bond between them. Luckily, thanks to the appearance of three different spirits the main character has the chance to have a look over some moments of his past, present and future life. In addition, it could be said that by observing himself Scrooge regrets what he has done to his loving ones and to himself. It is in that precise moment when he becomes aware how unhappy he is by being such a lonesome, miserable and greedy person. What is more, not only does he change from his gloomy, dark appearance but he also converts into a carefree child - like person.
Without her, the atmosphere at F & S is dull and “routinized to the point of absurdity” (Kaufman 9). But as soon as she stepped into the office, there is a change. It is very loud and lively. Mr. Martin is one of those in the office who could not tolerate change and thus finds her as a source of disturbance in his peaceful life. Mrs. Barrows behavior bothers Mr. Martin because he has totally opposite qualities.
Rationale Cyril Connolly – an English writer - said that “literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice”. I have realized the meaning of this quotation in Charles Dickens’s novels. Unlike W.M. Thackeray, with lightly critical works focusing on the corruption of the English upper class in the 19th century, Dickens’s novels sharply criticize the ruling class; however, this writer always makes humanity rooms for the poor and working class. Of all the writers in the 19th century, Charles Dickens seems to be the best-known name for works about children issue.
Literary Analysis of: I Spy by Graham Greene Graham Greene, in full Henry Graham Greene (born October 2, 1904) English novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist whose novels treat life’s moral ambiguities in the context of contemporary political settings. The extract under study “I Spy” is written by Graham Greene in the style of fiction (художественная литература). It deals with author’s feelings and emotions about relations at school and relations in the family. There are two main characters in the story. They are Charlie and his father.