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THE COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES “SKETCHED BY BOZ”
In Sketches by Boz, Charles Dickens uses language skills and a variety of literary stylistic tools to take the reader on a journey through London. The reader can say that the chaos of the city inspired Dickens to write this work. In many cases, the author seems to be distracted during a tour of London. The story is largely descriptive, with the speaker beginning with the story of “the view provided by the streets of London an hour before sunrise on a summer morning” (Dickens 38). This article discusses how a sense of confusion or claustrophobia in London is described in Charles Dickens’s Sketched by Gray, a chaos in London.
The chaos of London
To Dickens, London is a chaotic place, morning or night. This disorder spreads from street corners, through businesses and transportation systems, to institutions such as criminal courts. Dickens seems to have lost his way and got lost in the darkness of the city. In the summer, one can expect the sunrise to bring revival and happiness, as people wake up all over the city to make their dreams come true if someone doesn’t have claustrophobia [11; 30].
However, Dickens draws a boring picture of London on a summer morning. He says: "There is cold, lonely air on the quiet streets ...".
The quiet street should be quiet, but Dickens imagines the cold and devastation. This contradiction can only be explained by the chaos of the streets and perhaps the fact that so many people who gather them during the day cover up this chaos. For example, if the street is littered with rubbish, many people may not notice the rubbish as they pass by. However, if that street is deserted, it will be easy to see the peculiar chaos and disorder.
Throughout the story, Dickens tries to imagine a chaotic city image, and this claim is sufficiently supported by what the author says. He says: “The last drunken man... Was just wandering... The drunkards, the lost, and the poor are gone ... the silence of death in the streets” (Dickens 38).
This piece points to different sides of a chaotic city, which can easily evoke a sense of distraction. First, the drinker sits across the street, and the vagrant is wrapped up in a paved corner.
Vagabond represents street families, which is an indicator of chaos and disorder. If the city of London were tidy, street families would have a place to sleep. The silence of death hanging in the streets can be interpreted in several ways.
First, uncollected waste can create a breeding ground for a variety of pathogens, leading to deadly diseases that eventually lead to love.
Dickens, on the other hand, can talk about criminal elements on the streets, which can cause instant damage or death. The author may also have talked about poorly constructed buildings and structures that could bury people alive.
No matter what Dickens sees in London, he is convinced that death is hanging in the streets, and that feeling evokes claustrophobia.
As the day progresses, the chaos in the city intensifies. The market chariots begin to spin, and "something between the rough, sleepy-looking strange creatures, the ostlers, and the hockey players, begins to twist the shutters of the early public houses" (Dickens 39). The Covent Barden market is chaotic with animals like donkeys and horses competing for a limited space with people. The sidewalks are littered. To get a clear picture of London’s chaos, Dickens says:
Men are screaming, carts are in the back, horses are next door, boys are fighting, women in baskets are talking, pedestrians are bothering the violence of pastries, donkeys are screaming [8; 36].
These and hundreds of other sounds form a compound that is not sufficiently audible to Londoners' ears, and is very unpleasant for the village gentlemen who are sleeping in Hummus for the first time (39).
From this passage, London’s chaos is evident and the reader can understand the experience of losing oneself in the city. Similarly, suffice it to say that this chaos and disorder inspired Dickens to write Boz’s sketches.
Dickens also explores the chaos caused by buildings and structures throughout London. For example, he discusses in detail one building, which is an example of the remaining buildings, to highlight one of the city’s many failures. He notes: "The house was destroyed ... the paint faded; the windows were broken, the area turned green due to negligence and flooding; the dome itself was without a cover, and the street door was a picture of misfortune. ... the unhappy house seemed more unhappy than ever” (Dickens 47).
This description of the townhouse paints a picture of the chaotic city of London at the time, perhaps inspiring Dickens to create this work. If, as claimed, the house represented hundreds of other people, then the city was an unhappy place, and anyone who visited it would lose direction or feel claustrophobic. The sheer number of people and the sight of destroyed buildings is reason enough for any visitor to fall into a trap, hence claustrophobia.
Public transport in London is chaotic and Dickens chooses omnibuses to discuss the issue. He says: “We never know how many passengers our omnibus will carry. The cad has the impression that it is enough to accommodate any person who can attract it” (Dickens 108). In other words, there are no rules governing the number of passengers that an omnibus can carry. If there are rules, then they are not followed. This aspect leads to another level of disorder, as it endangers the lives of passengers, because when an accident occurs, there are many victims of overloaded buses lady.
Omnibus men simply ignore any form of moral obligation. From time to time, some passengers encounter omnibus people, and the sight usually amazes other travelers, prompting Dickens to document such encounters. He admits, "... and as we go, we want to give any part of the entertainment we have for ourselves to others" (Dickens 110). Well, the author continued to write about these topics to share his experience in London with others.
Finally, institutional chaos seems to have inspired Dickens ’work. First of all, young people are involved in criminal cases due to lack of opportunities. Dickens said he met a child who was released from court after a long prison term for petty theft. The question arises as to why a child spends his or her years in prison for petty theft, but this points to the institutional disorder of the courts.
Therefore, Dickens, who is of interest, enters the criminal court to investigate how the matter is resolved. "Every trial is like a business," he said. There are many forms, but there is no mercy, no great interest, but no mercy” (Dickens 154).
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