After a long stressful day at work, watching people lose cases, watching them have to give away a possession special to them simply because they cannot afford to pay for their case with money, could possibly be the toughest job a man could receive. When forced to go to this job everyday -- everyday forced to watch these occurrences -- would you let it ruin not only your working life, but your personal life too? Would you bring home your work and let it control what you did at home and how you did it? Dickens illustrates this shutting out of reality through the life of Wemmick.
With these problems faced, it is time for Wemmick to go home, yet he does not return to what we today would consider a home. He returns to his castle. Little children pretend to live in castles and pretend to be royal, almost as if they live in a fantasy world. Once at home Wemmick closes himself off from everything work related because he doesn't want it to complicate the life he lives at home. His castle is his healthy escapism because he doesn't want to face the reality of the working world while he is there. Closing yourself off from reality is a way of life Dickens is illustrating through Wemmick; the thought is truly tragic.
I like how you really introduce the response. Your voice is excellent. the content is also good. You may be the first response I read that referred to the phrase that a man's home is his castle. Do take a closer look at editting. If you don't know what's wrong, ask in class, or e-mail me the request to get some help.
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