Dickens' World (attempt at a thesis - incomplete)

A Dickens novel is almost always filled with numerous characters from all walks of life, but though often portrayed with extremity, sarcasm and ridicule, they all retain their humanity. Ironically, it is the faultless, incorruptible protagonists that the readers and historians have found boring and that it is only their circumstances or situations are relatable. Still, Dickens uses this mixture of fantasy and realism to mock his characters but not to blame them. Influenced by his own experiences, he painfully and truthfully portrays his world as the source of the plights of his characters and while the endings are often happy, the sense bittersweet throughout the novels reminds the reader that they are still grounded in the real world, and not a fantasy world of Dickens’ creation.