Vincent, Dickens's sympathy for Magwitch and the fact that the law, not the author himself, expels him implies that Dickens does not support the law which condemns Magwitch to dead. Magwitch is described as someone who had “adopted industrious habits and prospered lawfully and reputably” (Dickens, 456). Dickens's sympathy for Magwitch as a hard worker who has earned his right to return home contrasts with his frustration with the law. The law cannot take into account the sentence served or the activity of a criminal, but can only judge him for his return home: "Nothing could discredit the fact that he had returned... It was impossible to judge him for that and to do otherwise than find him. he is guilty” (Dickens, 456). This lack of the law's redemptive power clearly frustrates Dickens, as does the fact that the law traps lower-class offenders in a cycle of