A. Summary: david copperfield died before he came to the world, and he grew up under the care of his mother and maid Peggotty. Soon, his mother remarried, and his late father, Mod Si Tong, was fierce and greedy. He regarded David as a burden and sent him to Peggotty's brother's house before marriage. Peggotty is an honest and kind fisherman. He lives in a shack converted from a broken boat by the sea in Yarmouth. He lives alone with a pair of orphans (Emily, his sister's daughter, and Hemu, his brother's son). David lives a poor and harmonious life with them.
After David came home, his stepmother often beat him and deprived his mother of his care and caress. After his mother died, his late father immediately sent David, who was under 1 years old, to be a child worker washing bottles, so that he could live a life without food and clothing. He went through a lot of hardships and finally found his aunt, Miss Bessie.
Miss Bessie is eccentric by nature, but kind-hearted. She took David in and sent him to school for further study. When David was at school, he stayed with his aunt's lawyer, Wickfield, and forged a friendship with his daughter, Anis. However, David was extremely disgusted with a secretary named Heep hired by Wickfield, and hated his ugly behavior of being obedient and flattering.
After graduating from high school, David traveled and met his childhood classmate Steerforth. They came to Yarmouth together to visit the Peggotty family. Emily, who was engaged to Haimu, couldn't resist the temptation of Steerforth, a rich young master, and eloped abroad with Steerforth on the eve of her wedding. Peggotty was in great pain and vowed to get Emily back.
David returned to London as an intern at Spenlow Law Firm. He learned from Annis that Wickfield was trapped by the scheming Heep and was in a desperate situation. This made David very angry. But at this moment, David fell in love with Dora, the daughter of lawyer Spenlow. Their married life is not ideal, because Dora is a beautiful but simple-minded "doll". My aunt is also on the verge of bankruptcy. At this time, David met Micawber, his landlord when he was a child laborer. Micawber is now Heep's secretary. After a fierce ideological struggle, Micawber exposed all kinds of conspiracies that Heep framed Wickfield and led to Miss Bessie's bankruptcy. In the face of facts, Heep had to plead guilty. Later, he was sentenced to life imprisonment because of the complication of his case. Miss Bessie thanked Micawber and gave him a sum of money to make him rich in Australia and succeed in his career.
At the same time, Peggotty traveled from place to place, finally found Emily who was abandoned by Steerforth and ended up in London, and decided to take her to Australia to start a new life. On the eve of departure, the sea was stormy, and a passenger ship from Spain sank in Yarmouth, with a dying passenger climbing on the mast. In spite of his own danger, Haimu went to the sea to save him, but unfortunately he was swallowed up by the huge waves. When people picked up his body, the body of the passenger on board also floated to the shore. It turned out to be Steerforth who kidnapped Emily! Emily missed Haimu. After going to Australia, she sought peace in her work and never married.
David became a writer. Dora was seriously ill and died on the eve of Peggotty's departure for Australia. David was full of grief and traveled abroad, during which Anis kept in touch with him all the time. When he returned to England three years later, he found that Anis had always loved him. They finally got married and lived happily with their aunt Bessie and the maid Peggotty.
B. Comment: david copperfield is a representative work of Dickens, a British critical realism master in the 19th century. In this novel with strong autobiographical color, Dickens borrowed "David Jr.' s own history and experience" to review and summarize his life path from many aspects, reflecting his life philosophy and moral ideal. David copperfield reveals the real face of the society at that time by describing the joys and sorrows of the protagonist david copperfield's life, and highlights the corrosive effect of money on marriage, family and society, thereby Dickens expresses his dissatisfaction and hatred for the social corruption at that time. On the other hand, by portraying the character of Mr. Micawber, he describes that Micawber is so indifferent to money, although he is heavily in debt. However, he has always faced all kinds of hardships in the world with an optimistic attitude, and also expressed Dickens' yearning for a better society at that time ...
david copperfield devoted all his efforts to the characterization. No matter the hardships and bitterness he encountered as an orphan, or his indomitable struggle as an adult, it shows the painful course of a little person seeking a way out in capitalist society. After suffering, David finally tasted the happiness and warmth of the world, relying on his sincere and straightforward character, positive spirit and pure and friendly heart for people. In the end, all the evil people got their due punishment, and all the kind people found a happy home. Through this ending setting, Dickens not only expressed his moral concept of "one good turn deserves another, and evil turns around", but also hoped to transform society and eliminate human evils with this moral concept ... david copperfield, a work with vivid twists and turns in structure, ups and downs in plot, lyrical narrative style and a realistic life atmosphere, is attractive. For example, Mr. and Mrs. Micawber, who have been through hardships but always have a positive and optimistic attitude towards life, are kind, friendly and honest. These are the qualities we should all have!