Charles Dickens Social Class

Charles Dickens was an author of the Victorian era, but not only that he was a social critic where he criticised society and poverty. One of the cruelty Charles fought for was the use of child labor. He also brought up the social structure and how it separating the nation into three groups. Victorian era gave us some of the best authors but had a slew of problems regarding the social structure and how they treated people.

The Victoria era started after the industrial revolution, with the social structure that was in place during that time, the lower class had it the worst. With a new demand for goods, factory owners started to employ children"The mills created a greater demand for child labour, and the hardships and cruelty were intensified. Boys and girls were sent into the mills when they were five or six years old; some were even younger." The kids had to work in harsh conditions, low pay and if they slacked off they would get beat. They were expected to be in at work by 5,

There was three class the Upper class, the middle class, and the working class, The upper class was filled with Aristocrats, nobles, and wealthy families in the court. The middle class benefited the most from the time period, with the industrial revolution on the coattails they carved a way for better education, more income, and job opportunities. Then there was the working class the lowest of three, there were two categories of the working class skilled workers and unskilled workers. The Skilled workers didn't have as hard of the time finding work and reasonable living, the unskilled workers found it hard to get a job and keep it and keep a decent place to live, often forced to send the kids to work to acquire enough funds to survive. Although with booth classes they had a horrible food supply often going hungry. With a tiered social class, it was easy to see why it slowly died toward the end of the time