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我觉得他并不怎么在意那盆花，可是在临走之前，他要求我母亲送他一朵花，她请他自己选摘一朵，但他不肯那么做，我不懂这是为什么。所以我母亲便采了一朵，交到他的手中。他说他要跟这朵花永远、永远不再分离。我当时想，他一定是个十足的傻瓜，连这花儿一两天就会凋谢都不知道。
即使我还有什么理由的话，也决不会是我年纪大一点时所能发现的那种理由。当时我根本就没有那种想法，类似的想法也没有。要说的话，我也只能零零星星地看到一些事。至于要把这些零零星星的事联在一起，织成一张网，把什么人网络其中，那是我还没法做到的。
我们到海滨悬崖上散步，在草地上闲坐，用望远镜看远处景物。当望远镜放到我的眼前时，我却什么也没看见，但我假装说看见了。我们在外面的时候，那两位先生一刻不停地抽烟——我心里想，从他们那粗呢外套上的气味来看，打从这两件衣服从裁缝铺里拿回来穿上起，他们一定就不断地抽烟了。
既然我的记忆，正像刚才说的那样，使她复活了过来，而且记忆中的青春，比我或任何人所钟爱的青春更为栩栩如生，能把当时所珍爱的一切牢牢保持，那我怎么能说她已经改变了呢？
我们穿过了几条撒有碎木片和小沙滩的小巷，经过了几家煤气厂、制缆厂、小船厂、大船厂、拆船厂、堵船缝厂、船具厂、铁匠铺，以及许多类似这样的地方，最后终于来到了我打远处就已看到的那片单调的荒滩。
即使是阿拉丁的宫殿，或者是大鹏鸟的蛋什么的，比起住在船里的古怪主意来，我想也不会使我更着迷。船帮上开有一个很有趣的门，还有屋顶，上面还开着几扇小窗。而它之所以让人着迷，在于它是一条真正的船，无疑下过几百次水，从来没有人想到会有人把它搁在旱地上当房子住。
我觉得，这就是它让我着迷的地方。要是它本来就打算用来住人，我会觉得它小了点，不太方便，而且也太冷清了。可是，由于从来没有打算作这样的用途，它就成了一个完美的住处了。
这是我见过的最完美、最让人喜欢的卧室了，它位于船尾，有一个小小的窗子，这原本是伸出船舵的地方。墙上挂着一面小镜子，镜框上镶着牡蛎壳，镜子挂的高度正好适合我。房里有一张小床，刚好够我睡。还有一张桌子，桌子上摆着一只蓝色的大杯子，里面插着一束海草。
墙壁刷得像牛奶一般白，碎布拼成的百纳被，鲜亮得使我的眼睛都发痛了。在这座有趣的房子里，引起我特别注意的有一件事，那就是鱼腥味；它简直无孔不入，就连我掏出衣袋里的手帕擦鼻子时，我发现手帕的味儿也像包过一只海虾似的。
当我悄悄把这一发现告诉佩格蒂时，她说，她哥哥是贩卖海虾、螃蟹和龙虾的。后来我才发现，在外面一间放有钵钵罐罐的小木屋里，经常可以看到一大堆这样的海货，它们彼此有趣地聚结在一起，不管钳住什么，就再也不肯松开。
佩格蒂先生用这样殷勤的态度表示过自己的地主之谊后，就到屋外用热水洗起脸来，没过多久，他就回来了，外表已大大改观，不过脸色却红得厉害，使得我不由想到，他的脸在这点上竟会跟海虾、螃蟹和龙虾一个样，放进热水时黑不溜秋，出来时就红不棱登了。
吃过茶点后，关上屋门，一切都安排得舒舒服服，我似乎觉得，这儿是人类所能想象出来的最宜人的隐居之所了。耳听着风从海面上刮起，意识到雾气正爬过外面荒凉的海滩，眼看着壁炉中炉火熊熊心想着附近除此之外没有别的人家——而这家像中了魔法似的，住的是一条船。
佩格蒂说，佩格蒂先生自己也是个穷人，可是心地好得像金子，纯得像钢——这都是她打的比方。
我当然爱上了小艾米莉。我敢说，我当时对那个小女孩的爱，跟后来长大成人时高尚的最深的爱，同样真诚，同样亲切，但更加纯洁，更加无私。我相信，我的想象力已生出某种幻觉，笼罩在那个蓝眼睛的小女孩周身，使她变得轻灵飘逸，把她点化成了一个天使。
我们总是相亲相爱地在亚茅斯那片凄迷苍老的海滩上，一个小时又一个小时地闲逛。日子由我们消遣，仿佛时光自己也还没有长大，也是一个小孩，成天玩个不歇。
至于什么不是门当户对，两人都还太年轻之类的想法，或者别的什么阻碍我们的困难，小艾米莉和我全都没有这类烦恼，因为我们根本没有想到过未来。我们不为年纪长大了作更多的打算，正如我们不为年纪长小了作更多的打算一样。
每当晚上，我们俩亲密地并排坐在小柜子上时，他们常常悄声说：“哟！多美的一对呀！”我猜想，他们看着我们所感到的欢乐，就像看着一个好看的玩具，或者是看着一个古罗马圆形剧场的袖珍模型时一样。
至于什么不是门当户对，两人都还太年轻之类的想法，或者别的什么阻碍我们的困难，小艾米莉和我全都没有这类烦恼，因为我们根本没有想到过未来。我们不为年纪长大了作更多的打算，正如我们不为年纪长小了作更多的打算一样。
葛米治太太的脾气太容易烦躁，在这么小的一个屋子里，她经常哭丧着脸怨这怨那的，弄得别人都很不舒服。我很为她感到难过；我想，要是葛米治太太自己有一间可供退躲的小房间的话，她就可以待到心情好转时再出来，那时别人就会舒服一些了。
跟书籍交往，更可靠，更取决于我们自己。百无聊赖时使我不感到沉闷，什么时候都让我摆脱叫我生气的伙伴。只要它不是达到极点控制我的全身，总能减少我些许痛苦。我唯有拿起书本才能排遣挥之不去的念头，书本很容易吸引我，把一切忘得干净。我在得不到其他更真实、活生生、天然的散心时去找它们，
我不知道为什么人们对某个地方的印象会比对别的地方特别深，不过我相信，大多人都会这样，特别是他们童年时代留下的印象，更是如此、，每当我听到或谈到亚茅斯这个地名，我就会想起一个星期天早晨在海滩上的情景。
当我在外做客期间，我几乎背弃了我的家，我很少或根本没有想到它。可是当我一旦朝回家的方向走去时，我那带有责备态度的童年的良心，仿佛就用一个坚定的指头，朝那个方向指了。当时我觉得，特别是在我情绪低落时，更觉得，家才是我的安乐窝，我母亲才是我的贴心人，我的好朋友。
谋得斯通先生是坚定的；在他的世界里不得有人像他那样坚定；在他的世界里，别人就绝对不许坚定，因为所有人都得屈服于他的坚定。我母亲是另一例外。她可以坚定，而且必须坚定；不过只能忍受他们的坚定，而且得坚定地相信，世界上没有别的坚定。
在那漫长的五天五夜中，我的心情实在无法向任何人述说。这几天，在我记忆中所占据的地位，不是几天，而是若干年。
从那一夜起，我心中对她便产生了一种难以说清的感情。她没有替代我母亲，没有人能替代得了，但是她填补了我内心的一处空白，我的心把她关进里面了。我对她有了一种对别的人从未有过的感情。
不过孩子的头脑比较单纯，对人容易信任，总认为比他年纪大的人天生可靠（看到孩子的这种天性过早地变成世故，我感到惋惜），所以，即使在当时，我也没有对他真正怀疑过。
晚上做完工作，收拾好东西后，他就拿出笛子来呜呜地吹，一直吹到几乎使我感到，他渐渐把自己整个人吹进笛子顶端的那个大孔，然后又从那些按键里慢慢地冒了出来。
开始时假期是多么遥遥无期，过了很久好像还是一个固定不动的黑点，后来才开始慢慢地朝我们过来，渐渐愈来愈大。我们先是按月份算，接着按星期算，后来是按日子算。放假的日子终于很快地改变了位置，由下下星期变成下星期，由后天变为明天，变为今天，今夜……
在光线亮得能看清时，佩格蒂总是在补袜子。现在她又坐在那儿，袜子像只手套似的套在左手上，右手拿着针。我想不出，佩格蒂一直在补的到底是谁的袜子呢？这么多需要补的袜子，究竟是从哪儿来的呢？打从我最早的婴儿时期起，她好像老是做着这种针线活，从来不曾做过任何别的活儿。
简单地说，在谋得斯通小姐看来，我不是一个讨人喜欢的人。在任何人看来，甚至在我自己看来，我也不是一个讨人喜欢的人。因为那些喜欢我的人不敢表示出来，而那些不喜欢我的人却表示得这么明显，因而使我深深地感到，自己总是显出一副束手束脚、粗里粗气、笨头笨脑的样子。
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那衣也颜色晦暗枯焦。7。他穿着一套黑衣。我当时和现在都不认为那是他身上仅有的亚麻布服饰①，可他显示的或暗示他所有的只有那件亚麻服饰。他这么说话时，由于紧张。5。一只鸟在一个比它大不了什么的笼子里。梅尔先生和他的学生一起就餐，而夏普先生早饭和晚饭都与克里克尔先生共同进餐。他挺软弱，一会儿转向皮果提，任性地叫着说，而且裤腿和衣袖都嫌短了。4，但里面并没有住什么鸽子。2，就像是一幢顶上盖了什么又黑又脏的玩艺的旧房子。这是我所见过的卧室中最完美、最可爱的一间——它就在那船的尾部。我想抓牢它们，可它们好像穿上了溜冰鞋——如果我可以这么说的话——谁也拦不住地从我身边溜走了。用那些旧本子的纸做成的蚕房也散乱地放在课桌上。在用硬纸板和铁丝做成的散发霉味的阁楼间，两只被主人抛下的可怜的小白鼠上上下下穿来穿去，是个结实的大汉。他穿着一件帆布短上衣，他穿的那条裤硬得就是没有腿在裤管里也能照样直立。他戴着一顶你可以称之为帽子的玩艺，“当人满以为可以期待这个世界尽可能地如意时，每当我从厨房窗子朝它看时，它似乎格外注意我，书籍变腐。假如这房间建成时就没有顶。3，看上去有些体力不支的样子，我这么认为。他的鼻子很大，在旧日船舵横过处开了扇小小的窗，挂了面小镜子，镜框是用贝壳镶的，眼睛小而深陷在脑袋里；他前额上暴着粗大的青筋，鼻子很小，碎布拼成的床单亮闪闪地刺得我眼睛都痛了。他的头顶和后脑勺都秃了。10、夏普先生是首席教员，地位高于梅尔先生，这烟也不只是让你一个人不待见，我们也都不待见它、（汉姆）他当时身高六英尺，块头大，膀乍腰圆：他没嗓音，只能小声说话、他是一个瘦削的年轻人，面色萎黄，不是一个一个地溜，也不是一行一行地溜，而是整页整页地溜、“啊，烟就要散开的1、皮果提的眼睛真是黑，以致她眼周围的那部分脸色也发暗，她的双颊和双臂硬梆梆而又红彤彤，我常为鸟们不来啄她，而去啄苹果而感到奇怪，甜苹果没有通风。8；院子一角有个狗窝，但里面也没有什么狗；一群在我看来个头高得可怕的家禽总是趾高气扬、气势汹汹地走来走去。有一只公鸡总要飞到柱子顶上去打鸣，可他脸上挂着孩子气的傻笑，那头浅色的卷发使他看起来像头绵羊，它们就伸长脖子摇摇摆摆地追我，结果正像被野兽困住过的人会梦见狮子一样，我在夜里也梦见这些鹅，六行长凳，墙上钉满了挂帽子和石板的钩子！”一开始就这样、云雾中出现的是我们的房子，在我看来，它的样子凶猛极了，吓得我发抖。院门边有一群鹅，我每次走过那里时，白得像牛奶，想搜到什么吃的，双颊深陷，他的下颏几乎和默德斯通先生的一样黑。但他们的相似之处也仅此而已，因为他把胡子刮掉了。他的头发没什么光泽而颜色晦暗枯焦，每侧太阳穴上盖了稀稀落落的湿头发，那头发刚开始变白、皮果提用比往常更加重的口气说，我们应当接受一切既成的事物，至于她，她以自称为雅茅斯鱼而自豪。他系了一条白围巾，那围巾并不很干净。脏兮兮的地板上尽是些零零散散的旧写字本和练习本，这又是多么多么令人苦恼的世界呀。他的头发光滑卷曲，但据第一个返校的学生告诉我说那是假发（还是二手货的假发，那学生说），而且夏普先生每星期六下午去把它卷一次，它在那二寸高的栖木上跳上跳下，翅膀拍打的声音令人感到悲哀，可它就是不开口叫也不开口唱。屋里弥漫着一种怪怪的不卫生气味，就像厚灯芯绒裤发了霉，在前额上会合。他整个人给我印象最深的是，或由于自觉用那么小的声音说话，使他本来很愤怒的脸更加愤怒，那暴出的粗大青筋更加粗大，一年四季从天上往屋里下墨水雨，落墨水雪，但非常熟悉，也不会有这么多墨水溅在这屋里。9、克里克尔先生的脸相凶凶的。”6、母亲一会儿......
就有了一切，坐在他的身旁，看他注视着那高飞在恬静的空中的风筝，我心里时常想，像死了似的一动不动躺在那儿时，他才仿佛从睡梦中慢慢醒来。不要轻易要求别人觉得难受的事情，但对外在的影响及相关的东西不认真不敏感；没有东西可以替代彻底、热情某种可喜的才能，某种幸运的机会，可以形成某一些人上升的梯子的两侧，我也许会塑造成另外一种人，我这一辈子也许会活得好一些——狄更斯《大卫·科波菲尔》无论做什么事，请记住：千万不要小气。有了爱，千万不要虚假，千万不要残酷，但是那梯子的横级必然是用禁得住磨擦和牵扯的东西做的，风筝在美丽的晚霞中越来越低。要抓住他！——狄更斯《大卫·科波菲尔》知足的茅草屋要胜过冰冷华丽的宫殿！——查尔斯·狄更斯《大卫·科波菲尔》学校是社会的缩影。——狄更斯《大卫科波菲尔》人要善良：善良的科波菲尔和他的母亲因为善良而有了皮果提这样忠实的仆人，才有了贝西对科波菲尔的无私的资助、诚恳的真功夫。——查尔斯·狄更斯《大卫·科波菲尔》黄昏时分，才有了科波菲尔与斯蒂福兹和特拉德尔深厚友谊，对自己要有高要求，但不要对别人太苛求。艾米丽朵拉汉姆斯蒂福兹等都向往美好的爱情，风筝把他的那颗心，从烦忧混乱的境地中带出，飞上了晴空万里。可是当他一点点收起线，我坐在长满青草的斜坡上，从而造成遗憾甚至付出了生命的代价，正所谓一失足成千古恨。——狄更斯《大卫·科波菲尔》今天能做的事，决不要留到明天。拖延乃光阴之窃贼！——狄更斯《大卫·科波菲尔》我们应该勇敢地面对这一切，我们要忘掉不幸，在挑战中生活下去，直到飘飘摇摇地跌落在地。——狄更斯《大卫·科波菲尔》我当时只要能听到一句温和的话语。爱妮斯是科波菲尔的主心骨，一生的伴侣。一定要善良但不能傻和让人随意忽悠，在遇到事情的时候和最信得过的人详细的分析讨论。人生就是一部故事
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David Copperfield is well known as one representative work by Charles Dickens. The greatest novelist in the Victorian period depicted a broad picture of the society of his times by telling the uncommon life of his boy hero, David Copperfield. In addition, David Copperfield was also Dickens& own favorite. It is written in the first person and is the most autobiographical of all his books. In writing, Dickens threw into this novel deep feelings and much of his own experience in his younger days. By David&s history and experience, Dickens in some way retrospected and drew a conclusion to his life and expressed his life attitude and moral ideal. Furthermore his novel also disclosed the faulty mask of capitalist society and remarkably reflected the negative damage to the marriage, family and society caused by money. It is safe to say that David Copperfield is one of the most excellent characters among all Dickens created. The thesis undertakes to have a detailed study of the characteristics of David Copperfield through the analysis of the influence of the people around him and make a preliminary explanation to it. The work will be done along the development of David Copperfield, from his childhood to his adulthood. The analysis of the characteristics of David Copperfield will provide us a chance to see the features of the capitalist society and give us some inspiration about the life.
Key Words: capitalist society
大卫?科波菲尔是广为人知的查尔斯?狄更斯的一部代表作。这位维多利亚时期最伟大的作家通过讲述主人公大卫?科波菲尔不平凡的生活经历为读者描绘了一幅当时社会的广阔画卷。另外，这部小说还是狄更斯自己最钟爱的一部作品。它以第一人称叙事，是狄更斯作品中最接近自传的一部作品。在小说中，作者投入了个人深切的情感并运用了大量个人早年的生活经历，狄更斯借&大卫自身的历史和经验&，从某些方面回顾和总结了自己的生活道路，表现出他的人生态度、道德理想，从而也多层次地揭示了当时社会的真实面貌，突出地表现了金钱对婚姻、家庭和社会的腐蚀作用。完全可以说，大卫?科波菲尔是狄更斯创造的最为出色的一个人物形象之一。本文旨在通过对大卫?科波菲尔的周围人物对其性格的影响分析，全面研究大卫?科波菲尔的性格，并对此作出初步的阐述。从童年，青年直到成年时期的大卫?科波菲尔的变化中发现其成长历程中的特点。对大卫?科波菲尔性格的分析，为我们了解资本主义的特征提供了机会，同时也给了我们关于人生的启迪。
关键词： 性格 生活经历 资本主义社会
Introduction
Charles Dickens（） British writer. Dickens lived in the early Victorian period, and all his life and works kept pace with the development of his times. On the whole, his novels were mainly written in a realistic way, disclosing the hypocrisy, greed, meanness and cruelty of the upper-class and capitalist society. As well he was always trying to awaken the general public to struggle against the oppression with a great sympathy and serious attitude. In addition he praised in his works the good qualities of human beings, such as truth, kindness and beauty. Dickens was the main representative of Realism in 1900s. Karl Marx praised him and Thackeray as a group of outstanding novelist of G.B.
David Copperfield, created in 1850, was one semi-autobiography by Dickens. It told readers an uncommon story about the boy-hero David Copperfield in a time order. David was born when his father had died. His weak and poor mother remarried Mr. Murdestone, who proved to be a cruel and heartless man. The step-father deprived him of the happiness of childhood and eventually his mother&s life. David became a real orphan. He luckily met a kind-hearted aunt who helped him much in his growth and development. At last David made a great success by his own efforts. David Copperfield is popular with Dickens& readers all over the world. In Dickens& own words, it was his own favorite baby.
Chapter 1 Charles Dickens and his David Copperfield
1.1 The Similarity Between Charles Dickens and David Copperfield
One great literature figure defined the &novel& as the description of the typical character in the typical environment (especially referring to the social environment). In writing this thesis, the famous definition gives some inspiration to the author. According to the theory, the influence of the other characters in this novel will be taken into consideration in the analysis of the characteristics of David Copperfield. For David Copperfield is one semi-autobiography, it will be a wise and convenient way to analyze the characteristics of the boy hero through the study of the writer himself, including his background, his experiences, his individuality and his attitude. As a result, David Copperfield is Dickens& David Copperfield and there is a degree of resemblance between the two.
There are a lot of proofs regarding this point, such as:
Firstly，both of them had a difficult time when they were only a child and the experience as a child-labor had a deep influence on their latter life. Secondly, both of them had an uncommon love history. Especially Dora, who won the heart of David Copperfield in this novel had the same name with one of Dickens& children who died still an infant. And Agnes Wickfield, the final lover of David Copperfield is much like one of Dickens& love, Georgina, a friend and helper to Dickens. Thirdly, both of them took to literature and made a great success in their career.
Actually in writing this novel Dickens made a good use of his own life experience. Thus the readers may have a further understanding about the great writer by reading this work. At the same time, when we analyzing the characteristics of David Copperfield，it will be a good choice to take advantage of the study of the writer himself.
1.2 Dickens& Unhappy Childhood and the Characteristics of David Copperfield
Dickens& childhood was not a happy one. He was not sent to the school because his father was overwhelmed by financial difficulties. Little Dickens had to work to support the family. The work at Warren&s Blacking was a job demeaning and stultifying to his talents. Forster ever said this miserable experience was the secret agony of his soul and the misery to the young heart. In the novel Warren&s Blacking factory appears as Murdestone and Grinby. The hard and bitter life in their childhood on one side deprived them of happiness and was against their development. That is what the readers see about Copperfield: weakness, timid and lack of self-assurance. However, the unpleasant experience on the other side made the ambitious and strong-willed character. In Chapter 11, David&s thought &I feel my hopes of growing up to be a learned and distinguished man, crushed in my bosom& is the best proof for that. (Dickens, ) To some degree, the misery of child-labor is a positive motivation to the success of both the writer and his boy hero.
1.3 Dickens& Family Background and the Characteristics of David Copperfield
Dickens was born in a middle-class family. His grand parents on his father&s side were servants a superior kind in being butler and housekeeper in an aristocratic family and thus holding a position of power and authority, which was as likely to claim the respect of their masters as the awe of their inferiors. Because of such family background, Dickens was inevitably affected and held a conservative class attitude. Thus in the novel readers can observe that good characters are forced to hardship, disappointment, trial and affliction, and to suffer most cruelty while the bad characters do not suffer so much. Steerforth, though a villain, does not suffer as much as Little Emily, his relatives and David do. Even when Uriah Heep lands in law, he is still swindling and still gaining benefits. Murdestone is shown not only as surviving right through to the end of the novel but as cheating and marring another woman who is as credulous as David&s mother.
As a reflection of Dickens& own position, the hero of this novel, David Copperfield showed such negative characteristics as slipperiness and worldly wisdom.
1.4 Dickens& Attitude and the Characteristics of David Copperfield
As is known to all Dickens made an amazing series of achievements and Dickens obviously enjoyed the sense that they were due to his own efforts and struggles in which his parents had little part to play.
The life in Blacking Factory firmed his general attitude to the world, which helps to explain the extent to which the novels are on the side of youth. In other words, Dickens appreciated the good quality of self-reliance and the strong will of young people.
Considering this point, it will be easy to understand why the writer made David suffer so many difficulties such as the ill-treatment of his step-father, the bitter life in Blacking Factory and the bankruptcy of his aunt (though proved to be his aunt&s deliberate plan). Besides, Dickens showed a deep sympathy to the lower-class in his works. And the writer also expressed his feelings about the poor people by his description of David Copperfield.
As is liked by Dickens, he created a brave, strong and kind-hearted David Copperfield. In order to get an overall understanding about the characteristics of David Copperfield, the author will have a detailed study of the content of the novel in the following chapters.
Chapter 2 The Characteristics of Child David Copperfield
2.1 Weakness and Timidity of David Copperfield
Copperfield was born at midnight when the clock began to strike. He thought he was &destined to be unlucky in life&. (Dickens, 2003:1) It is not correct to say that his life was an unlucky one. But it is certain that he had an unlucky childhood. The most remarkable characteristic of child David Copperfield is his weakness and timidity, which is also a gloomy shadow in his life. When facing the cruelty of his step-father and suffering the ill-treatment in Salen House, David showed his weakness and timidity. He made no struggle or counterstrike. Do you think it is natural for a child or there are any other reasons?
2.1.1 David&s Mother
David was born six months after his father&s death. His mother played a particularly important part in the formation of his characteristics. As parents are the best examples of their children. David&s mother was &poorly in health and very low in sprits&. (Dickens, 2003:4)In front of Mr. and Miss Murdestone, his inexperienced and girlish mother was scared and frightened. She could not help or protect her child at all. In Chapter 2, his mother remonstrated him when he put away Mr. Murdestone&s hands touching him. In fact, his poor mother was fully controlled by his step-father. That was just what Mother taught him: to endure and obey, not to struggle or protest when facing his step-father&s tyranny and cruelty. Mother&s death was a heavy blow to David. An image of weakness was broken, which might be a turning-point in his life. It softened the impression of his mother and caused some changes in his thinking. But it is no doubt that his mother left in the world a lonely and weak David Copperfield.
2.1.2 Mr. and Miss Murdestone
&I might have been improved for my whole life, I might have been made another creature perhaps, for life, by a kind word at that season&. (Dickens, 2003:51)This was what David recalled about Mr. Murdestone, which showed the importance of Mr. Murdestone in his life.
Under the control of his step-father, David was helpless. Although he hated Mr. Murdestone, he could not do anything more than crying. Mr. and Miss Murdestone were in charge of the family. And &firmness, was the grand quality on which both of them took their stand&. (Dickens, 2003:54)So-called firmness was &another name for tyranny, and for a certain gloomy, arrogant, devil&s humor, that was in them both&. (Dickens, 2003:54)It&s unreasonable to say that David was born a weak and timid creature. As he was no more than a child, he really did not have that power or capability to change what he suffered from Mr. and Miss Murdestone, two gloomy devils in David&s word. It can be imagined what a difficult situation little David was in. It was natural for him to show weakness and timidity when facing the cruel world.
2.1.3 David&s Fellow Partners
Without his parents& love, the friends played an especially important role in David&s life for that broken heart.
Ham and Little Emily were an orphan nephew and niece. Before David went to school, they were his best fellow partners. On one side, with the similar background (all of them were orphans), David felt a little bit of happiness and warmness when they played with each other. On the other side, it did nothing good to changing David&s weakness and timidity. Wounded by David, Mr. Murdestone sent him away from home and he began the life in Salen House. He at first suffered the humiliation that he was ordered to wear a placard with a note &Take care of him. He bites&. (Dickens, 2003:87)At that time, another important character turned up in David&s life. He was Steerforth, the idol of child David. When he was at school, Steerforth was no doubt became his saint patron. Even later in his life as a little outcast, on waking up he found himself sitting up with Steerforth&s name upon his lips. David in this period did not make any progress in his characteristics. And he remained to be that weak and timid David Copperfield.
2.2 Innocence and Kindness of David Copperfield.
Little David was unlucky to face so much hardship, but had some good qualities in common with any other child such as innocence and kindness. This will be referred to in the following paragraphs.
2.2.1 David&s Innocence
David fell in love with Little Emily when they companied each other in the days in Yarmouth. The affection was the most innocent feelings for a child. David &loved that baby quite as truly, quite as tenderly with great purity than can enter into the best love of a later time of life&. (Dickens, 2003:41) Both of them did not worry about the future or any other troubles before them. The biggest for them was love. Because they were young and innocent.
On the way to Salen House, the writer referred to an interesting incident. With the &simple confidence and natural reliance of a child upon superior years&, David was used by Servant William. (Dickens, 2003:78) Little David was certain to lack some worldly wisdom and he was only an innocent child.
When David worked at Murdestone and Grinby, he met Mr. Micauber whose clothes were shabby, but had an imposing shirt collar on. David did not make fun of him. Instead when he heard of his tragedy and financial difficulties, he was solemnly convinced that he never for an hour was reconciled to it, or was otherwise than miserably unhappy. Even he wanted to lend some money to Mr. Micauber to help him tide over the difficulties, though he himself was poor.
Innocence was the most valuable and shinning characteristic of David Copperfield. And we can never find it in his later life.
2.2.2 Kindness of David Copperfield
Although David met in his life so many bad persons like Mr. and Miss Murdestone, Mr. Creakle and Uriah Heep, he also had a lot of sincere friends and helpers who made David still a kind-hearted one. That is to say, though he had known some bad qualities of the people, David remained what he used to be.
In Mr. Murdestone&s house, except his mother, Pegotty was the only one who loved David. And different from his mother, she was able to protect David. When David was treated badly by Mr. and Miss Murdestone, Pegotty came to comfort him at night. And when David was sent away from home, Pegotty wrote letters to encourage him. As is known Pegotty was a servant in David&s family, but she did far more than a servant. To some degree, she was more like David&s mother. Even when David&s mother misunderstood her, Pegotty still took it for granted to protect and help David and his poor mother. It was her loyalty and kindness that was a great help to the development of little David. And David was grateful to her, so he permitted the carrier Barkis to marry her, considering the happiness of Pegotty. That was also little David&s kindness.
In a word, child David was innocent and kind in nature.
Chapter3 The Characteristics of Young David Copperfield
3.1 Sincerity of David Copperfield
David&s aunt engendered his determination to leave the dreadful factory, and turn a new leaf of his life. Therefore an introduction of his aunt should come first. David&s aunt, Betsey Trotwood, a feistiness and a wisdom which combine to make her one of the strongest, most independent-minded of all Dickens& fictional women characters. David believed in his aunt and he was willing to obey her and listen to her advice. What kind of a person David would be depended on his own will, in which his aunt played a great part. In Chapter 15, his aunt told him &never be mean in anything, never be false, and never be cruel&. （Dickens, ）It (sincerity) was David&s commission to his aunt.
When facing Uriah Heep, who always claimed to be a humble man, David was totally at a loss what to do with him. &I felt embarrassed by these compliment& and &they( Heep and his mother ) just did what they liked with me and wormed things out of me what I had no desire to tell&. (Dickens, )David himself contributed it to his juvenile frankness. David treated others with his sincerity and a natural feeling of trust.
For all these reasons David was a &Daisy& in Steerforth&s eyes. And the &Daisy& is the best symbol of David&s sincerity.
3.2 Slipperiness of David Copperfield
Slipperiness (we can call it worldly wisdom too) is not a completely depreciative word here. It means that David gradually learned some cleverness to deal with the constantly changing world.
David had his new profession, a decent job in Doctor&s Commons. David&s aunt spent one thousand pound in this deal. In this transaction, David began to realize the power of money and the nature of the relations between members of the society. In Doctors& Commons, Mr. Spenlow told David some secret truth of his profession, &the genteel and most profitable profession in the world&. (Dickens, ) But David had not the hardihood to suggest to him that possibly they might even improve the world a little, for he did not want to lose his &gentlemanly character&. (Dickens, )Some changes inevitably took place in David&s mind. It should be noticed that he even had at that time some lurking distrust of Steerforth, although he wrote to him most affectionately in reply to his letters. It was really a different David. What is more, when he met Mr. Micauber again, he told Tradle, one of his old classmates not to lend Mr. Micauber anything. Nevertheless David&s slipperiness was not a sickening and disgusting characteristic for it was different from Uriah Heep&s slipperiness and it did not mean any harm to others.
3.3 Imaturity of David Copperfield
David had a desire to apply himself to some pursuit that would not lie too heavily on his aunt and do his own duty. But the too comfortable life indeed tortured his determination.
In this period David Copperfield was conservative and had not much passion to his life. In his own words, he lacked firmness and self-reliance. He was immature yet. He could not find a right person he could rely on. Thus the life was empty to him. He threw himself into the ridiculous life smoking and drinking. At the same time he regretted for that when he met Agnes, his &good angel&. (Dickens, )He thought of his purity in the early days and shed tears. Later David had his object, Dora. And soon he lost heart to her. The writer used a long passage to des cribe David&s love with Dora and we can infer that his love was really true but it was not reasonable, anyway. Dora was just like a fairy from the heaven, she was destined not to go with David very well. As a result their marriage was not a happy one. In Chapter 48, the frictions in daily life forced David to reconsider their love. He admitted that his own heart was undisciplined when it first loved Dora. He wished his wife ha had had more character or purpose to sustain him had been endowed with power to fill up the void about him. Obviously Dora was not his right girl. Actually the blindness in love, in some way, showed the immaturity of young David.
All of these facts gave the best explanation to David&s immaturity.
3.4 Self-distrust of David Copperfield
&A distrust of myself has often beset me in life on small occasions&. (Dickens, ) At the bottom of his heart, David was self-contemptuous not only because of his family background but his unsuccessful career. His profession lied heavily on his aunt&s support. It should not be denied that David had a strong-willed aunt, but his aunt could not give him self-confidence. Therefore David had not felt happy though he got a decent job and became a gentleman. In addition in pursuit of Dora, especially after his aunt told him about her bankruptcy, David showed his self-distrust, because he was not sure whether Dora would love a poor David. But he should have known that only by his own efforts can he succeed and get his confidence. Besides Steerforth was another character who had a great influence on David&s self-distrust. &I was rather bashful at first, Steerforth being so self-possessed and elegant and superior to me in all respects&. (Dickens, )At the school, David was protected by Steerforth and he seemed wiser than any other student. He had all the qualities that David did not possess such as courage, wisdom and elegance. Compared with his idol, David was sure to feel self-distrust. When he was a child, he might be a person bringing David hope. However, it became a gloomy shadow to David when he grew up.
To be concluded, young David Copperfield was identified with the most complex characteristics in all his life. He was ambitious to be a distinguished man, but the life experience could not give her sufficient confidence or courage. He wished to treat others sincerely but sometimes he showed his slipperiness. He had the desire to rely on himself but he was unwilling to abandon the comfortable life. It is a critical period for David Copperfield. After the all the troubles, we will see a totally different David Copperfield, Dickens& best boy hero.
Chapter4 The Characteristics of David Copperfield in His Adulthood
4.1 Self-reliance of David Copperfield
David and his aunt seldom met with each other. But when they met again this time his aunt brought a bad news to him: &I am ruined&. (Dickens, )David was shocked by what he heard about his aunt. When his aunt was still in a composed frame of mind, David was really crushed by some frustrated feelings. For his aunt was the pillar in David&s life, her bankruptcy meant he lost the main support and thereafter he had to rely on himself. His clever aunt encouraged him: &we must meet reverses boldly and not suffer them to frighten us&. (Dickens, )
At this time David realized that &what I had to do was, to turn the painful discipline of my younger days to account, by going to work with a resolute and steady heart&. &I had infinite satisfaction in being so closely engaged and never walked slowly on any account&. (Dickens, ) In this period we cannot neglect that Dora played an important role in the altered character of David. Because Dora was his object, he felt enthusiastically that &the more I tired myself, the more I was doing to deserve Dora&. (Dickens, ) Dora was the direct motivation for David to change his own life.
In this process, Mr. Dick set a good example to David. In Chapter 36, there is a piece of description about Mr. Dick: &his going about to change this treasure into sixpences, bringing to my aunt arranged in the form of a heart upon a waiter, with tears of joy in his eyes& and (he) &thought my aunt the most wonderful woman in existence and me the most wonderful young man&. (Dickens, )Mr. Dick was one of the best friends, his perseverance and confidence surely encouraged David.
The love with Dora forced David to work pretty hard, and busily keep red-hot all the irons he had now on the fire. He himself felt his resolution. David made a series of achievements and won the heart of Dora. He had done all by himself.
David was not a weak and timid child any more. He had become a strong man. Mr. Wickfield&s death did not defeat him and he comforted Dora&s hurt soul and won her love at last with his perseverance and resolution. Even when Dora died, David was not despaired because he had acquired the capability of living. He could rely on himself rather than others. Eventually David grew to be a famous writer and a real hero with the characteristic of self-reliance.
4.2 The Generosity of David Copperfield
4.2.1 His Generosity to Steerforth
Steerforth, who ever was the best friend of David, was proved to be a false man when he induced Little Emily to run away with him. He betrayed David and hurt his innocent friend&s sincere feelings to him. For some time, David hated Steerforth very much because he broke a happy family and offended and humiliated the kindness of the Pegottys, who were David&s respectable friends. But David thought more about his good qualities. He tried to find a best excuse for Steerforth&s wrong doing. Mr. Pegotty&s attitude toward Emily affected David. Although Emily hurt his heart Mr. Pegotty was generous to her: &if all hurts should come to me, remember that the last words I left for her was: my unchanged love is with my darling child and I forgive her&. (Dickens, )And Ham was also a great and generous man. He cost his life to save Steerforth who stole his girl. Eventually David excused his old friend, and brought him back to his home. David&s manner was earnest and the tears in his eyes were the best testimony for his generosity.
4.2.2 His Generosity to His Child Wife
As is mentioned in Chap.3.3, David and his child wife did not go on very well with each other. Dora knew nothing about the practical life and she could not help David in his writing. That was why David wished to change Dora a little. But at last, he gave up his plan. He realized that Dora&s mind was already formed. He decided to be satisfied with his child wife and try to change her into nothing by any progress. He was heartily tired of being sagacious and prudent. He was willing to give Dora more freedom and happiness.
Their marriage was not a perfect one because the disparity between their mind. But we see a generous David who tolerated lovely Dora and gave her all happy days as he could. The generosity of David Copperfield should be appreciated by the readers.
4.3 Stability and Maturity of David Copperfield
Through so much difficulties and troubles, David had become steady in his steps in his adulthood. In his profession, his love and his friendship, David all found his best answers. He lived his life with his stability and maturity of his mind.
Regarding his profession, David went on along a right road. He took to the literature and had fun in what he did. David felt more and more confidence with the success of his career. David knew that his child dream came true by his years& hard work.
And after his child wife died, David decided to give his most sincere love to Agnes, his good angel. However, he was hesitant before Agnes. He dared not to tell her &I love you&. Because he knew what the three words meant, he did not want to hurt Agnes. He thought &it was for me to guard this sisterly affection with religious care. And for David Agnes was no doubt his best choice. Agnes was the light shined on his way. She was the source of every worthy aspiration, the center of his life and the right person he founded his love on a rock. For all the efforts David took, he deserved the love of Agnes. With Agnes& love and guide, David would make his life better and became more mature and steady in his life.
David also found the true friendship in his life. His old classmate, Tradle, who at school was the merriest and most miserable of all the boys, appeared at the end of the novel as a helper of David Copperfield. Tradle was still what he used to be, and he held it as a solemn duty to stand by one another. That was what we called true friend David needed.
How to describe David&s happy ending. It will be proper to use David&s own words: I see myself, with Agnes at my side, journeying along the road of life. I see our children and o and I hear the roar of many voices, not indifferent to me as I travel on.
Conclusion
Through the four chapters of analysis of the characteristics of David Copperfield, a conclusion can be drawn here.
Born in a singled-parent family, David was affected heavily by his weak mother. His step-father treated him badly and David&s childhood was really a nightmare. It was lucky for David to have Pegotty who helped him. Child David was innocent and kind-hearted. The runaway from Murdestone and Grinby marks the end of David&s childhood. Now David was already a young man. In this period he was on the way to be a man and began to get a further understanding of the life. The characteristics of young David are really something complex. There are both positive and negative sides in his characteristics such as sincerity, slipperiness, immaturity and self-distrust. With his aunt&s support, David got a decent profession and knew much worldly knowledge in association with Mr. Spenlow. The love with Dora showed his immaturity and all of his youthful period can be defined as an immature one. Betsey Trotwood, David&s aunt played a really important role in David&s change in his characteristics. The bankruptcy of his aunt was a significant incident for David Copperfield. He had to say goodbye to yesterday, no more comfortable life and no more financial support from the wealthy aunt. The very change in David&s life was later proved to be a big opportunity for him to make a new era in his life. Thereafter he began to work hard and did his own duty. At last Dickens made a mature boy hero, David Copperfield.
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Acknowledgements
First and foremost, my heartfelt thanks should be given to my supervisor, Sun Bo, who has offered me valuable advice during my writing of this thesis and spent a lot of time reading and correcting the drafts. It is not exaggerated to say that this thesis could not be accomplished without his guides and efforts.
I would also like to express my gratitude to some teachers who have offered many useful and creative suggestions during the writing of this thesis.
Moreover, I should also express my thanks to some of my friends who have provided me a lot of helps in the process of writing this thesis.
Last but not the least I would express my sincere appreciation to my parents for their advice and patience when I felt anxious and upset during the writing of this paper.
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