Thursday, October 11, 2012

Blog Post On Nicholas Nickleby

I am a little more than halfway through reading Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, and there are already some main ideas in the book. The is basically about Nicholas, who's father dies, and is sent by his uncle to work at a school for kids. There he meets Squeers, a horrible man who abuses the children at the school. He leaves the school with one of the boys Smike, and than goes through a seris of adventures.
Nicholas is very brave, in my opinion because I would be very sad at my father dying than to want to do something. He also has to support his sister and mother, and I would probably have to live by myself. Nicholas not only manages to keep working and supporting himself, but his family. Their uncle Ralph Nickleby, is not vey helpful and when Nicholas has to leave to work, they are very scared. They are quite alone in the world, with Ms. Nicklebys husband dead, and Kate Nickleby( the daughter) has to find jobs in the dirty streets of London to survive.
Honestly, I have never really had to work hard for something, everything in my life has been given to me. Lots of people in the wold suffer from hunger and have to miles for water, but I'll I have to do is go to the fridge. Back in the 19th century, even if you were pretty high class, you still had to work, not only to support yourself, but your family. Right now, kids parents are like cushions, protecting you until you have money and can support yourself.
In Nicholas Nickleby, Nicholas has to support so many people, yet he is not panicked or stressed out at all. He even has time to make new friends and enjoy himself along the way. If everyone else looked back in life, they will probably realize that they don't have a lot to do.You can stress about little things, but that won't help anybody.

1 comment:

  1. I didn't read this post
    'Cause I'm lazy
    (Sorry)
    But I like to comment anyway
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