“To begin my life with the beginning of my life I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on Friday at twelve ‘o clock at night.”(Dickens 1). “…I was destined to be unlucky in life…” (Dickens 1). Charles Dickens sadly injures his character David by subjecting him to the reality of child abuse and neglect. “ ‘Mr. Murdstone! Sir!’ I cried to him. ‘Don’t! Pray don’t beat me! I have tried to learn sir…’” (Dickens 53). “He beat me then, as if he would have beaten me to death. Above all the noi

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