Chapter 23
Both Mr. and Mrs. Pocket had such a noticeable air of being in somebody else's hands, that I wondered who really was in possession of the house and let them live there, until I found this unknown power to be the servants. It was a smooth way of going on, perhaps, in respect of saving trouble; but it had the appearance of being expensive, for the servants felt it a duty they owed to themselves to be nice in their eating and drinking, and to keep a deal of company down stairs. They allowed a very liberal table to Mr. and Mrs. Pocket, yet it always appeared to me that by far the best part of the house to have boarded in, would have been the kitchen - always supposing the boarder capable of self-defence, for, before I had been there a week, a neighbouring lady with whom the family were personally unacquainted, wrote in to say that she had seen Millers slapping the baby. This greatly distressed Mrs. Pocket, who burst into tears on receiving the note, and said that it was an extraordinary thing that the neighbours couldn't mind their own business.
In this passage, Charles Dickens uses conceptual imagery to express the idea that the working class is empowered. When Dickens says "until I found this unknown power to be the servants," he is revealing that you can be in power even if you're working class. He is trying to get the idea across that, if you work hard enough then you will be empowered over your life and future. He also uses literal imagery to emphasize the hectic household ran by the servants.
In this passage, Charles Dickens uses conceptual imagery to express the idea that the working class is empowered. When Dickens says "until I found this unknown power to be the servants," he is revealing that you can be in power even if you're working class. He is trying to get the idea across that, if you work hard enough then you will be empowered over your life and future. He also uses literal imagery to emphasize the hectic household ran by the servants.