David is the least interesting character in the novel. Do you think this was Dickens’s choice, to make David simply a background on which to display the more interesting characters? Why or why not?

David is the least interesting character in the novel. Do you think this was Dickens’s choice, to make David simply a background on which to display the more interesting characters? Why or why not?

As you might gather from the title, David Copperfield is the hero of our novel. But he's not only our hero and central character. He's also our narrator. David is looking back on the events of his own life. This is true even in episodes when David doesn't play a very large role in the action – when Mr. Peggotty recounts little Emily's suffering, when Mr. Micawber faces down Uriah Heep, or when Mr. Dick brings Doctor and Mrs. Strong back together, for example. Throughout the novel, David's commentary totally influences everything we think and feel about the events unfolding. 

A posthumous child, extremely sensitive in retrospect, David first experiences cruelty and tyranny when his young widowed mother marries stern Mr. Murdstone, and he quickly forms emotional alliances with the underprivileged and the victimized. His loyalties are sometimes misplaced, as in the case of Steerforth, his school friend who seduces Little Em’ly, but his heart remains sound and generous toward even the erring. As he passes from childhood to disillusioned adolescence, his perceptions increase, though he often misses the truth because he misreads the evidence before him. His trust is all the more remarkable when one considers the recurrence of error that leads him from false friends to false love and on to near catastrophe. Finally, unlike his creator, David finds balance and completion in his literary career, his abiding friendships, and his happy second marriage..............................................................

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