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Themes of Oliver Twist
The novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens is a tale of a young
orphan boy who enters this world, according to Dickens as an “it”.
For a long time after it was ushered into this world of sorrow and
trouble by the parish surgeon it remained a matter of considerable
doubt wh ....
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.... was a happy ending.
As the boy Oliver Twist was born his mother died, and he was left
with no family, and was sent to go through life “despised by all, and
pitied by none” (Dickens 22). As a young boy Twist is sent to a juvenile
home, and then to a workhouse. Dickens portrayal of Oliver's childhood
homes is of violence, mistreatment, deliberate starvation, and helplessness.
Dickens was obviously not a fan of the law, or what went on behind the
closed doors of these work houses. One day as Oliver attempts to get more
food he is turned down, and then h ....
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