Analysis by: Shrook Essam El-Din
Table of Contents:
a- Abstract .
b- Charles Dickens life .
c- Similarity between Charles childhood and David Copperfield .
d- Autobiographical Elements of David Copperfield .
e- Plot summary .
f- Major themes .
g- List of references .
a- Abstract :
'David Copperfield' captured the hearts and imagination of generations of readers since the day of its publication. Charles Dickens chose the main character, David Copperfield, to describe his own life, thoughts and experiences. This is the reason why several readers describe this classic to be an autobiography of the writer.
All of this because it contains many autobiographical Elements which I tried hardly to discuss in my research .
Also there are a lot of similarities between Charles childhood and David Copperfield which really deserve to be clarified as possible as i could .
On the other side David Copperfield major themes contains a mixed subjects which mostly go around society and its complexity through its many class and the gap between them and how it affects people especially children and also the effect of the family on its members and how could each one effect on the other who are belongs to the same family which have the same conditions.
It is also showing the kind side of humans personalities and how much its importance to spread kindness and charity among society members.
b- Charles Dickens life :
Charles Dickens was born in a suburb of Portsmouth named Landport, England on 7th February 1812. His mother was Elizabeth (later Charles used her to form the character of Mrs. Nickleby) and his father was John Dickens (whom Charles depicted as Mr. Micawber in "David Copperfield").
When Charles was two years old, his father moved the family to London then to Chatham two years later, where Charles received some schooling, although he was supposedly already an avid reader.
In 1821, there