SUMMARIZER

 Characters: David, David’s mother, Pegotty, Daniel Pegotty, Ham and Emily Pegotty, Mr.
Murdstone and his sister, Mr. Barkis, Tommy Traddles, James Steerforth, Mr. and Mrs.
Micawbear, Betsey, Mr. Dick, Mr. Wickfield, Ages, Uriah Heep, Mr. Spenlow, Julia Mills, Dora;
 My summary: David Copperfield is a fictional biography, describing the title carachter’s life.
David had a difficult life from the beginning. His father died before he was born. When
David’s mother remarries, his stepfather is abusive and sents him off to a boarding school
overseen by a cruel headmaster. One positive outcome of the school is that David makes two
close friends. David’s mother dies when he is twelve, and his stepfather sends him off to live
with the Micawbear family in London and work in his stepfather’s warehouse.David is
unhappy working at the warehouse and runs away to his aunt Betsey. His aunt sents him to
live with the Wickfield family and attend a school in Canterbury. Although he loves Agnes
Wickfield, David ends up falling in love with Dora Spenlow, the daughter of an attorney who
tutors David. The Wickfield’s law clerk, Uriah Heep, is reavealed by David’s friends to be
stealing from Mr. Wickfield. The Micawbears end up moving to Australia, while David
become a writer. When Dora dies, David marries Agnes Wickfield.

CULTURE COLLECTOR

 My cultural collection: 1.The theme of the text is unhappy child. David is an orphaned child,
going through many hardships. In my own culture this in not a very useful theme by writers.
For example, a romanian novel very similar to that of Charles Dickens is „Childhood
memories” by Ion Creanga. But unlike David, Nica was a happy child and he came from a
large family;
2. At the age of just ten years, David was sent to work because his stepfather considered the
school was too expensive. In my culture, this is not a common thing. Indeed there are still
cases in poor families, but this is not a normal thing;