Examples Of Charles Dickens Chthonic Journeys :: GCSE English Literature Coursework

Question- In Charles Dickens autobiographical memoir Fragments of an Autobiography what are three chthonic journeys that he faces?In Charles Dickens autobiographical memoir Fragments of an Autobiography he has many chthonic journeys that he never fully recovered from. The essay starts off with Charles Dickens having to execution at a blacking warehouse with a pay of six pints at the age of ten or twelve, even though he wants to go to school. His father is in jail due to funds problems, which leaves the family with no silver to pay their rent. As a result Charles goes to live with a friend and the rilievo of his family goes to live with the father in jail because they have no some other place to go. He faces numerous chthonic journeys, or journeys to the underworld, including his terrible family life, his poor turn over conditions and low pay, which leads to money problems and his having to work even though he wants to go to school and get an education.Throughout the essay ther e are countless examples as to how Dickens experienced chthonic journeys. One is that his family is in terrible condition. His father is in jail due to money problems, which then left the family with no money to pay their rent. Their father/husband borrowed money from people and never repaid them. Back in the Stinson-21800&8217s if you owed people money and couldn&8217t pay them back you would go to jail. With no house to live in everybody but Charles Dickens goes to live in jail with their fatherbecause they have no place to live. On the other hand Charles Dickens goes to live with friend. With all of this happening, including his family living in jail and his living away from them with a friend just crushed Dickens hopes and feelings. other chthonic journey that Charles Dickens faced was his working condition and his pay. Dickens worked at a blacking warehouse. The blacking warehouse was in terrible condition. there were rats everywhere, decaying floors and extremely small rooms. From this job he only earned six pints a week, which is very little to live on. With getting so little money he could barely buy the things that were necessary to live on. Once he bought things that he needed he had little to no extra money. He couldn&8217t buy any fun things to play with or extra food for a bedtime snack, which meant that at times he had have to go without food or other necessary items.