David feels he was “thrown away” to become a worker (hind) at a young age. State what can be inferred about his society’s attitude towards both work and the education and welfare of children. - “Thrown away” suggests that little consideration was given to allowing children to have a childhood; feeling of abandonment; children were simply seen as a workforce,, Explain how imagery used portrays the working conditions of the time - There is a sense of decrepitude and distastefulness condition of the warehouse in which David must work., Explain if the need for human labor has changed since the Industrial Revolution. - Machines would probably do most of the work described in the passage. Since this event, the need for human labor has changed throughout history due to technological advancements. New jobs have been created as new social needs., Determine why Mick Walker chose to share such specific details about his father so quickly - He tried to establish his social status., Explain if Charles Dickens would have shared the values of David. - David, as well as Dickens, apparently share dreams, values of determination, self-improvement, as well as social mobility., Assess the effect of Dickens using the first-person narrator to tell the story of David Copperfield. - Roughly, Dickens chose a first-person narrator as means of encouraging readers to feel personally involved with David and his life experiences., Identify a simile or metaphor used by Dickens and analyse the effect that the figure of speech had on the passage. - Dickens could be seen as a writer who understood his society and its hardships due to his life background.,

Chapter 1 - David Copperfied

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