Charles Dickens College Essays Samples For Students

Introduction

According to Danziger and Robert opinion, poverty is the state of being extremely poor (9). Most people define poverty as the state of lacking in money to purchase goods and services. However, different people may define poverty differently depending on their financial status and where they were raised. Reducing poverty is a world concern yet there are no known international standards from measuring poverty. In economics, poverty is when an individual fails to meet a certain set income. When one is in possession of less than a dollar per day, they are said to be in extreme poverty according to international standards. ...

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Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist” is an 1838 novel. The novel is about an orphan named Oliver Twist who lives in horrible conditions in a workhouse. Later, Oliver falls under the guidance of an undertaker. Unable to endure, he escapes to London where he comes across Artful Dodger, the head of a group of young pickpockets. Oliver’s innocence blinds him from the fact that the activities are illegal. Consequently, he meets Fagin, the group’s senior criminal instructor.
“Oliver Twist” introduces the reader to a myriad of characters; however, Nancy emerges as the ...

Ever wonder how to become a great writer? The answer is quite obvious, reflective writing that is the process wherein a writer can learn from previous works. While I agree with T.D. Jakes in Treetop Instincts about how one should be affected only by good criticism and not by negative criticism, but I would like to add that negative criticism should be viewed in a constructive manner. This is exactly what I have done through this course wherein by paying heed to my professor, Lawanda Dickens’ criticism (both good and bad) I have seen a stark improvement in my writing. I did not ...

"A Tale of Two Cities" is the second and last historical novel by Dickens, which consists of three books. The first tells a story of the return to life of Dr. Manette, who spent many years in solitary confinement in the Bastille. Bank employee, Mr. Lorry and Lucie Manette, daughter of Dr., take him away from Paris to London.
The second book begins with a story about the trial of Charles Darnay and his deliverance from death. Soon Lucy marries him, and the family has a quiet and spiritual life. In France, meanwhile, revolutionary storm is brewing. Father and uncle of ...

Our Mutual Friend is a novel written by Charles Dickens. It is one of the most known challenging and fictitious works by Charles Dickens with a group of characters. Our Mutual Friend is a novel that has a wide range of minor characters that are used for a variety of purposes in order to make the story complete. Dickens’ uses these minor characters in many instances in the novel, especially when there is a situation that needs to be solved or something has happened. The minor characters helps build the plot in the story and are used to present the main themes of the novel ...

During the 19th century, many changes have occurred in the political, social, and the scientific world. For instance, imperialism and industrial revolution has led to modern methods to change Britain’s industry (Burgan 12). In the literal world, Romanticism and Victorianism have emerged during this period. Romanticism compares reality with imaginative issues and humanity with nature issues. This paper will examine two books by different authors. The first book is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the second book is Hard Times by Charles Dickens. This paper will critical analyze the characters portrayed in two different periods.
Frankenstein is a ...

Introduction

The Protestant Reformation was one of the most earth-shattering moments in European religious history; the split of the Christian Church between Catholicism and Protestantism started out small, with Martin Luther’s thesese, and quickly spread and developed throughout Europe. The impact of the Reformation on European life and religion was vast and widespread, as well as far more complex than anyone could have anticipated – different regions had different reactions to the Reformation, leading to distinct reactions to the huge religious change in different parts of the continent. The work of Pettegree (1992), Dickens (1993) and Duke (2000) strives to ...

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A Story of Oppression and Injustice
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, which was first published in the year 1859, a novel that depicts the French peasantry’s predicament at the hands of the aristocracy, and the vengeance and violence that erupted. It talks about a love story that became muddled within the most violent revolutions in human history. The story revolves around the family of Dr. Manette, particularly on the love life of his daughter Lucie Manette, and explains vividly how they manage to escape the mayhem in France and reach England safely. The expression of two ...

The Novel “Hard Times” by Charles Dickens is a story that is in a 19th century setting about the industrial town of Coketown which is in England. The ideologies presented by Dickens presents were not only relevant to the society at the time, but they can also be traced in the society today. The ideologies reflect the realities that are at play in societies and families such as utilitarianism, the ideological state apparatus (ISA), social class, and morality just to mention a few.
Thomas Gradgrind and Josiah Bounderby are followers of utilitarianism. This is true in the sense that they believe ...

In “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens the narrative is fraught with symbolism to examine the expectation of the key characters. Throughout this writing I endeavor to explore the presence of symbolism and discover the symbolic relationship to the narrative and expectations of the individual characters.
Within “Great Expectations” there is a lot of mist imagery. These mists mainly persist throughout the mashes of Pip’s home. These mists have a continuous presence throughout the novel. Dickens may also have intended for the mists to be symbolic of Pip’s inability to understand and comprehend the darkness he encounters. Showing a sense ...

“Hard Times” is a social novel written by Charles Dickens during the 19th century outlining the difficulty conditions as well as the people of the time who were shaped by the awful living conditions. The century when the novel was written was characterized by industrial revolution. The industrial revolution was productive, however, provided hard economic times. Dickens’ novel nuances capitalism which benefited a few, utilitarianism as well as class stratification and social mobility.
Industrialization is characterized by exploitation and desperation for the poor people. Charles Dickens’ novel revolves around a city, Coke town, which is supposed to represent the England cities ...

William Faulkner wore many hats; he was a lawyer, a Politian, a soldier, and a writer. Each of his career impacted society, as a writer he was winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature. When Faulkner wrote “A Rose for Emily:” one of his more popular short stories, he was definitely thinking of Emily Dickenson and Charles Dickens; he even borrowed the name “Emily.” Emily is part Emily Dickenson and Dickens’ Miss Havisham—reclusive and delusional.

Faulkner rivets this story by combining the lives of two strange women to make one interesting reading; even the name of the main character is well chosen. “ ...

Copperfield is the title of one of the most famous books authored by Charles Dickens. David Copperfield was published in 1850 at the time when industrialization was at its zenith in the United Kingdom. Many analysts argue that David Copperfield is a semi biography of Charles Dickens and the events in the novel are intertwined with real events in Dickens’s life. This novel explores the journey of a young boy called David Copperfield from his boyhood to adulthood. For the purposes of this essay, we examine the unnamed character waiter. We study how he reinforces themes and motifs of the ...

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Keepass would be useful especially for a person who prefers using simple password because he is prone to forget those passwords. Using keepass will give the user an option of using strong passwords with his accounts because he just needs to install this program in his system and then there is no need to memorize those passwords. One advantage of using keepass is that even if your data is saved in a database, the passwords stored are encrypted although the user names are not. One problem with using keepass though is that someone may open your accounts when they use your computer ...

Charles Dickens’s Hard Times is a novel divided into three books. These books are entitled “Sowing”, “Reaping” and “Garnering”. Explain how each book’s title relates to the events, characters, and themes in it, and and analyze how the novel’s three sections convey Dickens’s central message about rationality and logic in mid-nineteenth century England.

The titles that Dickens chooses for the three books of Hard Times work on different levels: the words are associated with agriculture and imply a nostalgia for the rural traditions that were swept away by the Industrial Revolution – sowing the seeds, reaping the crop, ...

There a number of themes in Dickens ‘Great Expectations,’ but the theme of the age old problem of being a gentleman in any society surfaces through the character of Pip. In the past, the gentleman was any wealthy male whose status as a gentleman was determined by his clothes, wealth, and his family history. But, the gentleman is truly more than his physical appearance. A true gentleman should possess qualities that goes beyond one’s physical appearance or heritage and should include the personal qualities and traits of the individuals. The novel centres around Dickens ideal vision of a gentleman as one who ...

Although Dickens was the most frequently published author of the 19th century Poland, his popularity waned during the modernist and inter-war period as he was considered a classic author and scholars decided that his writings were not conducive to modernist aesthetics.
With the change in the political system (onset of communism) and social order, scholars were left perplexed as to where to place him in the post war reality.
Although Dickens could have been banned, that would have proved to be counterproductive. With Socialism taking root in Poland after the War, the leaders strived to create a mass culture ...

“Great Expectations” is the penultimate novel by English writer Charles Dickens. One of the most important events in it is the fire in Miss Havisham’s house. This event has the multiple symbolic. When the main character Pip talks about fire in earlier chapters, then this symbol has the positive connotations; it represents the warmness of family house. But the big fire in Miss Havisham’s home, described in the chapter 49, has the opposite symbolic meanings: guilt, suppressed emotions and finally - fire symbolizes the change of the characters.
First reason for the author to include motif of ...

There can be no denial of the fact that literature has always been the mirror of the world society. The creative artists have always delved into the intricacies and subtleties of human life and existence so as to portray them in the literary works. The quintessence of portrayal and the aesthetic as well as affective appeal go on to leave a lasting mark in the hearts of the readers who can only revel at the sheer genius of the creative works. Now, one can very well take into reckoning the works of Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Franz Kafka, and ...

The years of James Joyce's life mark major transitions in world history, as well as in world culture. When he was born, in 1882, the worldwide transition from an agrarian way of life to the industrial paradigm was still in fits and starts. Wars were still fought hand-to-hand and on horseback. Literature was still primarily a mostly straightforward affair, as were the visual arts. Matters of perspective, the bailiwick of the modernist artists, were still yet to be the matter of much experimentation. However, the arrival of the Impressionist painters began to erode a unified perspective by considering how subjects might ...

In fact, there are considerable differences in physical activity, emotions, interests, perception between men and women. Numerous scientists have explored and discussed if these differences are conditioned by social factors or biology. To make it clear, some think that it is biology that defines human behavior, tastes, skills etc.; others adhere to the opinion that society is a more influential impact on formation of behavior. In other words, socially created features of men and women are called "gender", "sex" is determined by biology. Unfortunately, nowadays it is possible to see numerous mistakes and discrepancies concerning the use of both ...

In the first book: Mr. Gradgrind is a man who is all about propriety and facts, He scolds Sissy, whose father works with the horses in the traveling circus for using the informal version of her name and not being able to define horse. Two of Gradgrind’s children, Thomas and Louisa go to see the circus after school, but they run into Gradgrind who tells them to return home. Gradgrind’s close friend is Josiah Bounderby, who is a wealthy factory owner. Josiah likes to lie about abuses in his childhood. Bounderby and Gradgrind kick Sissy out of ...

Social Work and Social Policy

Adams, Dominelli, and Payne (2009, p. 4) claim that social work has the objective of improving and facilitating the relationship of people in the environment as well as the social institutions where people live. Social work improves human cooperation by helping humans to survive and develop. It improves social relationships to facilitate the development in the development of families to improve the society due to social interactions. Connectedness links people in different levels of institutions, families, and social relationship. Social work aims to improve social life to increase cooperation between people in the society.
The International Federation of ...

Models of welfare

Introduction
Welfare, according to Dickens, (2010) is a term used to describe the well-being of individuals. Having this in mind, various services are tailored to achieve this aim. In this regard, many governments around the world have been introducing social policies that seek to improve service delivery to citizens. The motivation behind this has been to serve the citizens in the best way possible in an attempt to fulfill their role as government. Policies revolving around service delivery of institutions in the society such as schools, hospitals, and the like are formulated in order to assist the needy members ...

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INTRODUCTION
Different organizations have different policies regarding training and development of their employees. They do so to align the employees to the organizational goals and objectives. Training and development of the employees is very expensive, hence it is the first expense which the organizations cut back during the hard times. Organizations require that they assess the appropriate need for training and development and allocate their precious resources accordingly. The professional training of the employees is of two types: on job training and off job training. Methods which are used by the organizations for training are explained below (Aguinis & ...

Discuss the political, social, and economic effects of the Industrial Revolution between the 1700s and the 1900s. Be sure to include one specific example for each effect.
The industrial revolution happened when the industries in Europe stopped using labour based production methods and started machine based production methods. It was a time when the use of wood to produce energy stopped and the use of coal and steam started. This led to increased production of the commodities manufactured and marked the beginning of today’s civilization (Dickens, p67). This significant change also marked the beginning of many others changes ...

Personal Improvement Process (PIP)

Personal Improvement Process (PIP)

Introduction

There are instances when bad behavior and habits can hinder personal success. This is one way to failing in life and there are just two possibilities than can be achieved if an individual does not live to reach failure. One is that an individual will remain the same or life will keep depreciating. The latter possibility is worse because beside an individual failing himself or herself, other people are also caught up in the failure. This is the reason that an individual should embrace positive change and having a personal improvement program is the correct ...

Pop-Art is a term that was coined by Lawrence Alloway, an English curator, and critic of art, in the year 1955. The term describes a movement that emerged in the US in the late-1950s and mid-1950s in Britain and consisted of subversive artists who adopted art from popular culture and materialism, and majorly used mass media to convey messages from their artworks. Pop culture, also called popular culture, are mainstream perspectives, views, adverts, images, etc. mostly portrayed in mass media. Pop-art integrates into pop culture in that it uses our every day’s life as portrayed in the media ...

Executive Summary

The current global economy is undergoing dramatic changes that make it more technologically dependent as well as information intensive. Fundamentally, the role of logistics is becoming highly crucial in all business entities with an objective to improve and satisfy the customers’ demands, taste and preferences. With the current dynamic changes in logistics networks in the supply chain, organizations are likely to face numerous logistics problems. As a result, they are required to formulate effective Logistics Management concepts and tools to help to assess various logistics problems and improve their operational performance.
This paper analyzes the application of some the ...

Romanticism is an ideological movement in literature, science and art. It was originated in Europe at the end of the seventeenth century, as a reaction to the industrial revolution, rationalism and materialism in general and the results of French Revolution. All these explain the deep disappointment, which embraced many artists of Romanticism. It reflected in a pessimistic tone and color of the tragic art. This is where to look for the origins of life in the image of the disappointed hero, praised by romantics. That is why Romanticism was decisive for idealism in philosophy and cult feelings, not reason, ...

Introduction

Business is an activity that cannot be operated in isolation. With the passage of time, the usual notion of business has changed a lot. The modern day notion of business is that they exist to create certain stuff in the wake of earning a profit and hence, for the creation of this stuff, organizations are needed. The existence of organizations have given birth to a very important concept in business studies named, organizational management, defined as an art of making a group of people work towards the achievement of predefined common goals (Alvesson & Willmott, 2003).
Businesses cannot operate without management, as management ...

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Introduction

The teaching process is indeed quite delicate and involves a considerable amount of planning and preparation. The educational unit which is being prepared within this paper reflects numerous factors which have to be considered for a comprehensive and positively influential educational process. The topic that has been selected is “British Literature for Children”, and it takes into account national educational standards, innovative teaching techniques as well as the issue of interaction between peers in a classroom.

Rationale

The target audience for this unit is schoolchildren in the first grade. At this stage of learning they are normally ...

Abstract

Medication errors are still experienced in clinical settings in spite of the current technological advancements. Nurses play a crucial role in the provision of care including medical therapy to patients. In line with this, they ought to be trained on how to avoid medication errors. In this paper, a case scenario in which a nurse administers wrong vaccines to two patients with similar names is assessed. In addition, it gives strategies that can be used to prevent the occurrence of such a medication error. Nursing leadership, minimization of communication barriers between patients and nurses, a decent duty delegation process and the championship of patients’ ...

Between the two topics that the writer can choose from for this paper, we opt to discuss postmodernism in contemporary media. Exploring postmodernism tackles time and how media have drastically changed through time. Certainly, media have acquired layers of complex histories. However, with time incorporated through the study of postmodernism, we are sure to learn valuable and boundless wisdom that we can use in the understanding of our near future in the media. In this regard, we argue that although the media has a challenging history, its influence continues to expand and transform through postmodernism.
Before anything, let us ...

The welfare system

Introduction
Every noble government that comes to power aims to improve the living standards of its citizens. The constitution of the land provides the guiding light to achieve this feat. This is because it stipulates the rights, duties and responsibilities of every citizen and at the same time indicates what the government in power ought to do to bring this to fruition. It is mainly because of this reason that government administrations formulate policy in a bid to provide essential services to the public, commonly referred to as social policy (Dickens, 2010). One of these policies is the welfare ...

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SAN (Storage Area Network) and NAS (Network Attached Storage) are the main data storage technologies which are being used by organizations. In SAN, high-speed storage devices are connected to each other via network and also to servers. Servers on the network are able to access the storage devices which include tape libraries, RAID hardware and others. In NAS technology, more storage space (hard-disk) can be added to networks which are used as shared network resources. NAS is therefore a file-server allowing many network file systems and other services.
SAN was designed mainly for large organizations ...

Health literacy is absolutely vital for patients to understand their own care and how to implement it themselves (Dickens & Piano, 2013). As one of the primary individuals tasked with the medical care of most people, nurses have a special responsibility in improving and establishing health literacy for patients. When talking with patients about their specific medical issues, nurses must be clear and concise in defining and contextualizing medical concepts that are pertinent to them; the nurse’s role must be to educate and inform the patient about basic medical concepts needed to maintain basic health, understand their medical coverage, and ...

Introduction

Juvenile court system is a parallel criminal system provided for juvenile delinquents. Criminal justice system realized that juvenile offenders have special needs as compared to adult criminals in that they are young, and have great future to pursue; therefore, the main objective of the juvenile justice system is to rehabilitate them. The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) asserts that, the objective of the juvenile justice system is to “encourage a process of behavioral change by helping the child or young person to feel accountable for his or her actions and understand their impact on others, and foster integration ...

Three key historical events are linked to the emergence of the industrial revolution in the western world. These are:

- The scientific discoveries which led to advancements in technology and development of machinery that made industrial manufacturing possible through efficiency and profitability due to large-scale production that created economies of scale.
- Emergence of the protestant work ethic during the 18th century that stated heaven belonged to the hard working individuals Industrialists used this to encourage workers to give their best input in exchange for little earthly reward in form of wages as they would be rewarded handsomely in heaven.
- The dominant autocratic political systems predominant during the early stages made the industrial revolution a reality. ...

At times, there are some concepts that tend to be controversial or whose understanding is not conventional. These issues need to be addressed with a more analytical eye. The essay below looks at gender equality as one of the issues that are hard to define. The objective is to come up with a proper definition for this issue.

Gender Equality

For quite a long time, the roles of the different genders in the society were well defined, with a clear understanding of the duties to be played by women and those to be played by men. Though the society was quite patriarchal, there was no ...

It has many acceptances, people perceive it in different ways, there are various stories around it, but one thing is certain: nobody can escape it. This is death, the final event in people’s lives, one that cannot be avoided. The current paper treats different perspectives about death, as expressed in the works of Dylan Thomas (Do not Go Gentle into that Good Night), Wislawa Szymblorska (“On Death without Exaggeration”), Mary Oliver (“When Death Comes”), and John Donne (“Death Be Not Proud”).
One’s existence on earth includes several stages from the moment when he is born until ...

I Killed My Mother by Andras Visky

Introduction:

This play which is set in post war Romania is indeed a powerful and wholly moving piece. It occurs during the times of the harsh dictatorship under Nicolae Ceaucescu and embodies the harshness under which Romanians had to live where this dictator was concerned. It also deals at length with the situation regarding the Roma minority who were constantly and consistently abused by the Romanian authorities.
There is also the shocking leitmotif of the abandonment of children in orphanages by their parents, children who were treated extremely badly by the authorities as ...