"In little Dorrit Dickens achieves his most striking effects through symbol and image; the plot is of secondary importance." Examine this view of the novel.

I disagree with this view to some extent, as I believe that both the plot and symbol and image rely on each other to create the story that Dickens wants to convey. Dickens' plot is deliberate and therefore entirely necessary to portray the ideals within Little Dorrit, for example the change in luck for characters such as Arthur Clennam and the Dorrit's themselves. These contrasts between wealth and poverty rely just as much on the …

…imagery tend to be more concentrated on thoughts and attitudes that one can relate to, this is perhaps more necessary as many readers nowadays will be able to relate better to these ideas than functioning of the debtors prison and how it doesn't give much chance of leaving once admitted. People may find it hard to understand such ideals therefore it is important to have universal themes that will appeal to all types of reader.