Charles Dickens also uses sickness to demonstrate physical disorders. Disease is a central theme throughout Bleak House, and the most recurrent disease throughout the novel is smallpox. Dickens described Tom- All- Alone’s as a symbol of the ungoverned industrialization, which also contributed to the disorder, decay, and disease enclosed in society. The rapid spread of the infection not only symbolizes the connection between the different social classes, it also symbolizes the chaos and proves the disorder and dehumanization within society. Even the disease itself was disorganized; the effects of the disease differed between each of the characters. When Charley fell ill it disfigured her image, nevertheless, she survived it despite how