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Essay / Charles Dickens Egalitarian Style Writing - 698
Hello 9I'm not going to introduce myself as you all already know me, so instead I'm going to introduce you to the person I've been studying for the past few weeks. I studied Charles Dickens; extraordinary writing and perhaps the only man who could rival Shakespeare, according to The World of Charles by Martin Fido. Charles John Huffam Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England on February 7, 1812. Although he lacked a childhood, he had an extraordinary life that included extremely important events that shaped his style of writing, which I I'll go into more depth soon. And also a legacy that is still remembered and will remain so for years to come and, finally, his supposedly egalitarian writing style. The purpose of this presentation is to help you better understand Dickens and his incredible writing career so that you can decide if he is an egalitarian. In my opinion, I am honestly very contradictory, and you will soon understand why. Okay, probably the first major event is that Charles's life came shortly after his move to London, when his father was imprisoned for debt in Marshalsea debtors' prison. , now forcing Charles to work in a shoe dyeing factory, far from his family. He was only a boy of eleven. While this may not have as much relevance to egalitarianism, or any ism for that matter, I believe these actions had a major influence in shaping both Charles' life and his writings. In his writings, he was often on record as modifying his works based on what his readers would say about a particular character or plot. An example of this can be found on Wikipedia and describes an instance where Charles's wife's podiatrist expressed distress about a main character... middle of paper... a man with an inheritance amazing. Whether he lived by egalitarian values is debatable, because he was himself and his own self changed as his writing matured. In my personal opinion I think Charles became a different man when he wrote and therefore displayed distinct values, but if you take away the writing aspect he was an egalitarian man himself. And just to leave on a better note, I have some facts about Charles. For example, he insisted on sleeping with his bed facing north to south; head pointing north and feet south. Additionally, it is responsible for adding 247 new words and phrases to the language and has the first ever reference to potato chips. So there you have it, Charles Dickens. Is it egalitarian? I'll let you make that decision for yourself because it's a very debatable topic. Thanks for taking the time to listen.