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In 1834, when the Poor Law took effect , which was intended to provide clothing and feed
the poor and to ensure housing for the poor in working houses; A place for the poor and needy
who have nowhere else to go and live in poor conditions. Dickens' novel was a wonderful
nineteenth-century depiction of the hardships of poor life.
Olivier Twist an orphan born outside London who has faced cruelty, abuse and starvation,
Oliver Twist was small, extremely thin and with a pale face due to malnutrition. He only had one
dish, and no more than that except for the big occasions where he gets a little more than usual.
Oliver was punished for his simple request, which the other kids forced him to do after a lottery
of strings was taken to choose who would go and Oliver was the one to take the smallest string.
In an atmosphere of hunger, it was the phrase "Please, sir, I want more" that frightened the
workshop operators, so Chef Oliver hit the ladle in the head and hurried to the chiefs, who were
shocked by this surprise and unforgivable demand. A rebel outcast child who would be hanged
These were the words that came out of the chiefs' mouth after hearing the news. Locked up in a
dark room, Oliver was hungry and was beaten with a stick and a whip. In the middle of the
dining room between the children as a group lesson for them. Oliver was pushed into the room
during prayer times and the children prayed for him.
Oliver was offered for sale at a cheap price to be disposed of.Mr. Jamfield is a ruthless
chimney sweep, and on the sight of him brutally beating his donkey, who had previously caused
the deaths of three children in the chimney, stood before the workhous after seeing Oliver's
advertisement for sale, and went to get him. But he was refused after Oliver broke down in tears
and asked the judge to either kill him or lock him in the room forever on the condition that the
harsh man not take him. The judge sympathized with Oliver and refused to extradite him. Oliver
is again offered for sale to be taken by the seller of the coffins, Mr. Sowerberry.
2/ theme poverty
Poverty is one of the main problems that Charles Dickens focuses on and tries to draw the
attention of his readers to. Which spread widely in the nineteenth century, as Dickens devoted
this topic according to his personal experience that he lived in England. In his novel Oliver Twist,
The Poor Orphan, he highlights the dangerous subject, the harsh conditions, the miserable lives
of people in squalid neighborhoods and workhouses, and the misery in which they live.