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The writer finds that at the onset, the tales of Martin Chuzzlewit are reminiscent of Pickwick as the author introduces the characters through a series of humorous incidents, poking fun at the upper society and creating a slight sense of mystery.

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"The novel moves on, the stories and relationships of the family unfolding as they come up, until chapter 25. In this chapter we meet many of the London set of characters- Mrs. Gamp, Mr. Moulds, Chuffey to name a few- and among them, for the first time in the novel, we meet a character without a name. For the first time in the novel the narrator is keeping information from us. The sick man that both Mrs. Gamp and Mrs. Prig are taking care of has no name, and in his delirium he shouts out: "Chuzzlewit! Jonas! No!" (Dickens, M.C., 416). Since up to now the narrator has been regarded as all knowing, it is difficult to suppose that the identity of the sick man is not known by him or her."

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