o get him. Eventually, they saved him from the factory. Charles grew up and put himself through the education he could manage to find. He got a job as a lawyer’s apprentice, and then he worked as a parliamentary reporter. Dickens began to do some freelance writings for several magazines. He eventually became the editor of a magazine and an author of his own novels.Throughout Dickens journey through life, the poor laws of Great Britain were closely intertwined. The first major impact that his childhood experiences had on him was his exposure to the factory system. The Industrial Revolution created large urban areas with a central factory that employed most of the area’s people. The factory was full of lower-class people in unsanitary conditions. In the days of Dickens’ factory experience the old poor laws were in effect. This helped Dickens’ situation greatly. His father lived in a fairly nice and sanitary prison, and was given time to find the money he owed. The old poor law system of giving aid to the poor helped to save the Dickens family. When Dickens grew up and was a parliamentary reporter, the new poor laws were about to be passed. Dickens realized that the new poor laws would bring doom to many families. The new poor laws did not help the poor but worsened their condition in order to drive them to work.Dickens’ experiences of living in abandonment and working in Warren’s Blacking Factory, coupled with his later occupation as a parliamentary reporter, helped to mold his political beliefs. The first political belief he held was that the new poor laws victimized the poor. Dickens felt that diminishing the already low standards of the lower class would break them. He felt that it would lead to crime and anarchy. He also felt that the lower class would become helpless. He thought they would lose their voice. The most powerful political urge Dickens felt was the need of these law...
