Context

Question 1

When was it written
why is this significant

Answer 1

1843
there was an extreme wealth division

Question 2

when was the poor law introduced and what was it

Answer 2

1834
the introduction of work houses was seen as a place of punishment for being poor

Question 3

what was happening london at the time it was written

Answer 3

Industrial revolution

Question 4

Dickens own childhood

Answer 4

-grew up very poor
-father was sent to a debt prison
-Dickens had to work from a young age at a factory