Every age is
an age of progress as well regress also. Charles Dickens very well represents
the darker side of the Victorian time. Though there was progress but deep down
there was a tremendous criminal era developing. In the present time, if the
writer writes something like this then the books are banned. It must be a
matter of courage for a writer to highlight the defects during that time. Let’s
see something about this in brief.
Oliver
Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author
Charles Dickens and was first published as a serial 1837–39.
The story is
of the orphan Oliver Twist, who starts his life in a workhouse and is then sold
into apprenticeship with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to
London, where he meets the Artful Dodger, a member of a gang of juvenile
pickpockets led by the elderly criminal, Fagin.
Though being
in the company of criminals, Oliver is a good boy. We can say that Oliver is a
lotus between the mud.
Dickens
mostly has a child protagonist to represent the reality. So that the reality
can be seen with a smile of face rather than being very serious.
We can also
see in this text exploitation of women.
The attempt
to write this kind of work is not to insult own country, but it for the betterment
of the country. Alas! Many times the sentiments are so weak that people don’t
understand the real essence. We can never improve unless we work on our faults.
The famous
line from this text is:-
Themes
related with this text:-
· THE FAILURE OF
CHARITY
· THE FOLLY OF
INDIVIDUALISM
· PURITY IN A
CORRUPT CITY
· THE COUNTRYSIDE
IDEALIZED
Reference:-
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