Satire is the use of exposing a society's problem through humor or derision. Dickens uses this language to keep the readers engaged in his novel, to interpose his own opinion from his past personal experiences, and to point out the flaws in the system without people thinking of him as too critical. Dickens uses Jerry Cruncher as a satirical character because he has a very short temper and is uneducated. Dickens illustrates Jerry’s character through the dialogue between Jerry and his wife Mrs. Cruncher; “ ‘Jerry, you honest tradesmen there’s hope that boy will yet be a blessing to you, and a recompense to you for his mother’ ” (Dickens 158). Jerry is constantly being disrespectful to his wife, but at the same time he is trying to get his wife