Lifelong memories that arise from first impressions In all aspects of life, it is necessary to cooperate with others to be successful, but the success of all relationships and social interactions can simply be reduced to “first impressions”. In “David Copperfield,” Charles Dickens explores how first impressions tend to be lasting impressions as certain physical impressions predict the social chemistry of a relationship and even leave vivid, permanent memories of the first time you meet someone. Society's sense of value at first sight is strongly evoked when David Copperfield arrives at Aunt Betsey's cottage as both individuals develop lasting impressions of each other. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay As soon as David arrives at his aunt's house, his aunt and uncle create these lasting impressions of their nephew, as David develops a sense of who his aunt really is. Dickens characterizes David's pitiful situation particularly through physical descriptions of his clothing, which clearly seem to leave a lasting first impression on David's uncle who peers in disgust through the drawing room window. David appears to be in a "painful condition" as his "soles have gradually fallen off" and he is wearing a "shirt and trousers, stained with heat, dew, grass and Kentish soil". Although David knows that he is rather "discomposed", he feels even worse when his uncle seems unimpressed or even disappointed in his nephew, as shown when he looks at David in a "grotesque manner" and shakes his head repeatedly. Also, Miss Betsey, David's aunt, tells David to "Go away" at first sight, but continues to act rather rudely when she realizes that it is her nephew. Despite David calling her "aunt", Miss Betsey still feels dismay and annoyance towards David as she exclaims "Oh, Lord", perhaps reflecting how David's disheveled appearance has given her a persistent negative first impression. Finally, David's crystal clear memories of meeting his aunt reflect how this first impression of his aunt led him to see her this way for the rest of his life. Since Miss Betsey addresses David rather rudely at first glance, his recollection describes her less fondly as a headstrong, "hard-featured" woman with "inflexibility of face, voice, gait and bearing ". This negative first impression leaves David with a negative view of his aunt, in contrast to when he first describes her "very tidy little cottage with cheerful bay windows" and how he approaches her "gently". Furthermore, these memories formed lasting impressions on David as he retained these early impressions of Miss Betsey in great detail even though he writes this tale at an advanced age. Although Dickens presents rather negative first impressions of the characters in this scene, these first impressions clearly stuck with David throughout his life. In this passage from “David Copperfield,” Dickens successfully explains the social dynamics between the characters as each forms lasting opinions of each other. And these first impressions seem to have greatly influenced the way in which, in later life, David remembers Miss Betsey as a rude and stubborn woman instead of as a more pleasant person because in his memories he does not see his aunt as a friendly and caring person. In conclusion, David's clear memory of when he first meets his aunt and uncle shows how first impressions tend to have a lasting (or even..