Charles Dickens used his novels to portray his socialist and political views on social injustice and the harsh living conditions faced by the poor in England and France. In novels like A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist, he showed sympathy for the poor and criticized greed and an unfair social system. His novel A Tale of Two Cities depicted the French Revolution as a time of upheaval and confusion, when the lower classes struggled under oppression by the aristocracy. Through his descriptive writing, Dickens revealed his views on the social injustices of the time and his disagreement with violence as a means for overcoming cruelty.