Images of Child’s Abuse in the novel (Great Expectations)

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to investigate the abuse of children in Charles Dickens novel (Great Expectations). The paper aims at identifying the reasons and types of abuse which children are subjected to, since the time of the writer up to this time. The paper also aims at drawing the attention of readers to the role of novels in tackling such issues. The paper findings have shown that, the abuse of children occurs against their will. Due to the lack of their awareness, and ability to avoid it, thus the researcher tries to figure out the oppression practiced on them. These oppressions spread according to the child’s poor environment which is dominated by social materialistic classes, and paved the way to the birth of grudges and envies between children themselves or by elders. In addition to the domestic violence which occurs to the child due to drinking alcohol, and marital arguments, that lead to complex and disturbed formation in the child’ personality, and affects his psychological and social behaviors in the future.