Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 201 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations BEFORE we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing/reading on a weekly basis in an informal forum.

Saturday, March 7, 2015

poor david

He finally gets married but is he happy? Then Dora gets pregnant and loses the baby , why would dickens inflict more pain and heartache on David? See Uriah on the hand deserves what he is coming to him and he caught and confronted by David, Mr. Micawber, Agnes, Miss Betsey and Traddles. What kind of fraud did he actually comitt?
One thing that confused me is when Steerforth grows tired of Emily and locks her away so she wont hurt herself. What she that much in love with him to inflict harm to herself? And why after she ran away and was found by a nice couple who took her in and cared for her until relatives found. Why did Mr. Peggotty think it would be better to move to Australia? Everyone was worried and cared about her even Ham who she betrayed. Home is where she needs to be.



1 comment:

  1. Remember Martha? Dickens has set up what happens to "fallen" women who live in their home towns around people who know them.

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