Charles Dickens

Yesterday marked the 200th birthday for Charls Dickens, a famous english writer who wrote classics such as A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist,  and Great Expectations. I have read two out of three of these books ( A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations), and seen movies of two of these  (A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist).  Other than Great Expectations, I have found Charles Dickens' works very interesting and worth reading. A Christmas Carol is acually one of my favorite classical stories- the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present,&Future. I will admit, I much prefer the Disney animated story over the the book itself, but nevertheless I do enjoy the book and the additional story that gives the book some darker, more serious tones. Oliver Twist was, for the most part, a very depressing movie. The orphan Oliver Twist first works at a "workhouse" doing various tasks such as undoing rope so the fibers could be reused, and where one of the most famous line of "Please Sir, May I have some more?" is asked by the main character to get another bowl of porrige from the taskmaster whom whips him for asking. Then he later runs away and works for two men who "employs" a group of rag-tag young boys to pickpocket(steal) from other people. He eventually gets adopted by a rich man who owns a vast library, and lives happily ever after(that is, after a dispute with the two men & gang of children). Great Expectations is...... not going to be described. If you want to find out about that horrid book, go look it up on google, I refuse to think about it for another second! And with that, I say good day!