sketch the character of Micawber in more than 300words?
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Mr. Micawber is Comic Relief – in the grimmest part of the novel, when David has been cast out by his stepfather and is basically roaming the streets of London, in steps Mr. Micawber to lighten the tone of the novel a bit. David meets Mr. Micawber when he first moves to London to work at Murdstone and Grinby. Mr. Quinion finds David a place to live by renting him a room in Mr. Micawber's house. David and Mr. Micawber become instant friends, primarily because Mr. Micawber cannot seem to remember that David is only ten years old: he constantly brings his financial troubles to David, as though David could give him sound advice or assistance as a ten-year old.
The thing about Mr. Micawber is that he is incredibly eloquent and well-spoken, but he is also criminally bad with money. He'll stand in front of David and give these amazing speeches about his prospects and about the State of England today and so on – but he never seems actually to get a job like a normal person (well, except when he works for Uriah Heep, but we'll get to that in a second). As Traddles points out, Mr. Micawber "would appear not to have worked to any good account for himself" (54.37) – he's gone energetically from profession to profession and from place to place, but he's never actually made a tolerable living.
We've all known guys like Mr. Micawber: really funny and nice, but constantly mooching, borrowing money, and avoiding collection agents. But Mr. Micawber takes it to the next level of extreme: he actually gets arrested for all of his debt troubles while David is still living with him in London.
Debtors' prison is a Victorian institution that allows whole families to share a cell with the head of the household who has been imprisoned, so the Micawbers all pile in to Mr. Micawber's tiny cell. But it's only after David's relatively stable (though miserable) London life has been shaken up by this arrest and the Micawbers' subsequent decision to leave London to look for work in Plymouth that he finally decides to run away to his aunt. Mr. Micawber's debt-running-up ways provide a reason for David to ditch London for Dover.
The thing about Mr. Micawber is that he is incredibly eloquent and well-spoken, but he is also criminally bad with money. He'll stand in front of David and give these amazing speeches about his prospects and about the State of England today and so on – but he never seems actually to get a job like a normal person (well, except when he works for Uriah Heep, but we'll get to that in a second). As Traddles points out, Mr. Micawber "would appear not to have worked to any good account for himself" (54.37) – he's gone energetically from profession to profession and from place to place, but he's never actually made a tolerable living.
We've all known guys like Mr. Micawber: really funny and nice, but constantly mooching, borrowing money, and avoiding collection agents. But Mr. Micawber takes it to the next level of extreme: he actually gets arrested for all of his debt troubles while David is still living with him in London.
Debtors' prison is a Victorian institution that allows whole families to share a cell with the head of the household who has been imprisoned, so the Micawbers all pile in to Mr. Micawber's tiny cell. But it's only after David's relatively stable (though miserable) London life has been shaken up by this arrest and the Micawbers' subsequent decision to leave London to look for work in Plymouth that he finally decides to run away to his aunt. Mr. Micawber's debt-running-up ways provide a reason for David to ditch London for Dover.
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Mr. Micawber of “David copper field” is a comical figure best remembered for his constant assurance that “something will turn up”.
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Wilkins Micawber is the fictional character of a clerk in Charles Dicken’s David copper field. He is much remembered for his traditionally optimistic belief that “something will turn up”. Mr. Micawber is believed to have modeled on that of Dicken’s father John, who spent time in a debtors prison. Although he is considered to be ridiculous figure who expresses his views in a hyperbolic terms, Micawber is a broad comic character with a passion for writing letters and uttering speeches. He accompanies Mr. Peggotty to ‘Australia’ where he becomes a 'successful magistrate'.
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