10. The main antagonist in the story, “The Jew” takes Oliver under his wing and tries to make a pickpocket out of him. He is a powerful crime leader who has an affection for only money and will kill anyone who stands in his way.
Main characters
Oliver Twist
Gist of the story
The hero of this novel was Oliver Twist, an orphan, who was thrown into a world full of poverty and crime. He suffered enormous pain, such as hunger, thirst, beating and abuse. While reading the tragic experiences of the little Oliver, I was shocked by his sufferings. I felt for the poor boy, but at the same time I detested the evil Fagin and the brutal Bill. To my relief, as was written in all the best stories, the goodness eventually conquered devil and Oliver lived a happy life in the end. One of the plots that attracted me most is that after the theft, little Oliver was allowed to recover in the kind care of Mrs. Maylie and Rose and began a new life. He went for walks with them, or Rose read to him, and he worked hard at his lessons. He felt as if he had left behind forever the world of crime and hardship and poverty.
8. The matron of the workhouse Oliver was born in who eventually marries Mr. Brumble and here’s the confession of the nurse on her deathbed. She finds the evidence of Oliver’s parentage, and sells it to Monks.
5. Oliver’s older half brother who does not want to split his inheritance with the bastard child. He destroys the evidence of Oliver’s mother, and is a cohort of Fagin and his gang
3．‘“Am I,’ said the girl [Nancy] ‘Take care I don’t overdo it. You will be the worse for it Fagin, if I do; so I tell you in good time keep clear of me’”…Nancyprotecting Oliver from Fagin’s beatings. This line foreshadows the downfall of the Jew brought about byNancy’s hand.
10 sentences that impress me most
1. ‘“Good-bye dear! God bless you!”’ …Dick told Oliver on his way toLondon, which warmed Oliver’s heart and gave him courage.
4.“the mother, when the pains of death first came upon her, whispered in my ear that if her babe was born alive, and thrived, the day might come when it would not feel so much disgraced to here it’s poor young mother named…whether it be a boy or girl, raise up some friends for it in this troubled world; and take pity upon a lonely and desolate child, abandoned to its mercy.” …the old nurse sally told Mrs. Corney when she was dying.
9. Another evil character who is a member of Fagin’s gang. He has a little white dog that follows him everywhere. He threatens Oliver and reluctantly leaves him to die in a field after the boy was shot. He killsNancyin a rage, and eventually kills himself.
To my disappointment, nowadays some people seem to doubt the existence of the goodness in humanity. They look down on people’s honesty and kindness, thinking it foolish of people to be warm-hearted. As a result, they show no sympathy to those who are in trouble and seldom offer to help others. On the other hand, they attach importance to money and benefit. In their opinion, money is the only real object while emotions and morality are nihility. If they cannot get profit from showing their ‘kindness’, they draw back when others are faced with trouble and even hit a man when he is down. They are one of the sorts that I really detest.
2. “As he spoke, he pointed hastily to the picture above Oliver’s head; and then to the boy’s face. There was its living copy. The eyes, the head, the mouth; every feature was the same. The expression was, for an instant, so precisely alike, that the minutest line seemed copied with startling accuracy” …from the moment when Mr. Bumble realizes who Oliver is.
7.George Cruik shank provided one steel etching per month to is ustrate each installment.Oliver Twist is the first novel in the English language to center throughout on a child protagonist and is also notable for Dickens'unromantic portrayal of criminals and their sordid lives.
6..the item of mortality whosename is prefixed to the head of this chapten For a 10ng time after it was ushered into this world of sorrow andtrouble，by the parish surgeon，it remained a matter of considerable doubt whether the child would survive tO bearany name at all；in which case it is somewhatmore than probable that these memoirs would never have appeared；or,if they had，that being comprised within a couple of pages，they wouldhave possessed the inestimable merit of beingthe most concise and faithful specimen of biograph$extant in the literature of any age or country.