The story deals with the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David is born in England in about 1820. David's father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother marries Mr Edward Murderstone David is given good reason to dislike his stepfather and has similar feelings for Mr Murdstone's sister Jane, who moves into the house soon afterwards. Mr Murdstone thrashes David for falling behind with his studies. Following one of these thrashings, David bites him and is sent away to a boarding school, Salem House, with a ruthless headmaster, Mr. Creakle. Here he befriends James Steerforth and Tommy Traddles, both of whom he meets again later on.
It is written in the first person just like Holden's story. I researched this because Holden compares his life to David Copperfield's even though they are similar. The loss a family member, and dealing with their childhood maturity. They both lived at a boarding / prep school far away from home. Where they both befriend people from the new school
Your research on David Copperfield truly allowed me to envision the similarities between Mr. Copperfield and Holdenn's lives. Mutually, I feel as though "Coming of Age/Growing Up" was a common theme amongst both individuals' lives. Not only was family absence apparent based on your research, however, dealing with childhood maturity was also a corresponding issue as well. I feel as though finding your individual place in society is a struggle for a large majority of beings; especially when other family-related disruptions occur.
ReplyDeleteAt first I remembered in our discussion, we had no clue how David Copperfield was. When we tried to find information about him we even looked up the wrong person, so I think this really helped. I'm glad you chose to research it, and it really gave me more insight about why the author chose to use this word to help get his point across.
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