In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice.
2006-08-02 07:02:02 · 8 answers · asked by amarillo 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Children are more able to detect when something is not fair than adults tend to believe. Children are smarter than adults give them credit for and kids know when something is not right, is not fair. That's why you hear kids complain when things are not fair and adults tell them life isn't fair. Adults have gotten used to that sad but true fact, but children are just learning how unfair life can be. That's why they are more in-tune to injustices.
2006-08-02 07:09:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
What a wonderful quote. Dickens keenly felt the injustice leveled against both children and adults of his time. In his day there were no child labor laws in England or the US. His books "David Copperfield" "Oliver Twist" and A Christmas Carol" and "A Tale of Two Cities" focused on the need for justice and consideration to be extended to people of all ages and social standings, not just to the titled few. Because of his writings, attention was paid to how very unjustly poor working children were treated, and the laws were changed. In his time as in ours, injustice in the lives of both children and adults has caused much pain and death. If one survives, the long lasting rage and bitterness may well lead to yet more destruction on the part of the victim. While these days it is fashionable in some circles to accuse Dickens of being "trite", his books lit a candle to expose some dark sides of the human condition.
2006-08-02 07:31:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is from Charles Dickens own childhood experience. His parents were imprisoned in Marshallsea debtors prison and he grew up in extreme poverty and abuse..
He was a sensitive child who keenly felt the injustice of English life and law at an early age.
2006-08-02 07:06:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's refering to childrens feelings of "Thats not fair". Read Oliver Twist also. Another great work by Dickens
2006-08-02 07:07:13 · answer #4 · answered by voyager21_1999 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The free and open mind of children, can balance and judge something without being partial or favouring someone. (because they're Honest)
2006-08-02 07:09:04 · answer #5 · answered by Amber 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is not fair, when one has no control of their life. Pip has no options that he can see, no expectations to believe in. Everything can be blamed on him, yet he has no way of changing the situation..
2006-08-02 07:08:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
easy the innocence of children allows them to see injustice or inequities in their lives but they have no power to change it.
2006-08-02 07:07:03 · answer #7 · answered by southforty1961 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was in regards to his sister, bringing him up "by hand". She was abusive because she had to take care of him when their parents died. It messed up her life and she felt he was a burden.
2006-08-02 07:11:34 · answer #8 · answered by white oleander 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋