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novels show the battle between upper and lower classes. He portrays the lower class in a respectable way, but he portrays the proletarian people in such a dishonorable way that the reader in some books despises them. One example of this is in Tale of Two Cities. This book shows how most people were poor during the French Revolution. The aristocracy consisted of about 3 percent of the population, and everyone else was poor in the lower class. This book shows the admirable qualities of the poor, and how they managed to squeak out a living despite the horrible conditions that they lived in. Dickens makes the reader feel bad for the lower classes in many books. He introduces many poor children in his books that the reader feels bad for because of their upbringing. This can be seen in Bleak House with the introduction of Jo into the novel. Jo was a poor boy who did everything he could to try and make money. Dickens’ makes the reader feel bad when Jo dies because the he ...

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was supposed to be “a whimsical sort of masque intended to awaken loving and forbearing thoughts”(Internet Site #2). This book also shows the lower class versus the aristocracy. This is his running theme throughout all his books. This book conveys that wealth does not always mean happiness. Scrooge had all the wealth in the world, but he was not happy. Another theme in this book is greed, which is one of Scrooge’s qualities. Dickens understands the evils that greed can cause, so he criticizes it in Christmas Carol. This book also contains the theme of alienation because Scrooge alienates himself from the rest of the world, including his family. This book clearly ...

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