Comparing David And Uriah In David Copperfield

A candid contrast drawn in between the characters of David and Uriah shows that the perception of the poor child hood that both of them had experienced resulted in the two variant characters, in which one turned into violent that is Uriah heep and the other one is David who learns to avoid perpetuating such abuses and tries to be kind and helpful to others. Mr. Murdstones brutality to himself and his mother, he learns not to oppress Dora with his desire to improve her. From Mr. Creakle 's regime of terror at his first school, he learns to appreciate Dr. Strong 's kind guidance at his second school. David does not ape the abuses of power he sees around him, nor does he seek revenge on a society that wronged him.

Inherently Dickens being a person, who had ideas on social reform and was the founding editor for a self established journal and also wrote articles campaigning for parliamentary reform, public health, better education for the poor, and reform of the workhouse system and legal system, portrayed the same things, to a maximum extent in the work of David Copperfield. Dickens portrays many types of human suffering like poverty, child labor, social disgrace, and

On the other hand, Dr. Strong also does not abuse his authority, but always treats Annie with gentleness and compassion. It is the bond between the husband and wife strengthens them but not the age or the beauty or the money they individually have. Uriah’s attempts to gain over Annie were disrupted just because Strong’s bondage was solid. Even their marriage was suspected by many of her friends and associates she never bothered them because, their perception is not the reality; and the doubters were