Oliver stole a handkerchief from a gentleman named Brownlow (who happened to be his father's good friend) when he followed the thief's companion "a clever guy" and Bates to the street, and was arrested by the police. Later, because the owner of the book stall proved his innocence, it showed that the thief was someone else, so he was released. Because he was very ill and unconscious, he looked like a portrait of a young woman left by a friend before his death.
Brownlow took him home for treatment, and received meticulous care from Brownlow and his housekeeper, Mrs. Bidwin, and felt the warmth of the world for the first time. The thieves' gang was afraid that Oliver would reveal the secrets of the gang. Under Fagin's instructions, when Oliver went out to return the bookseller's books for Brownlow, Sikes and Nancy tried their best to get him back to the thief's den.
But when Fagin tried to punish Oliver for beating him, Nancy stepped forward to protect Oliver. Fagin tried to force Oliver to become a thief and a cash cow by threats, inducements and indoctrination.
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The Creative Background of Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist is a Victorian work by British novelist Charles Dickens. The development of capitalism has made Britain a world superpower. But under the prosperity, it is poverty and misfortune. This prosperity was bred in dangerous and dirty factories and coal mines. Class conflicts became more and more obvious, and finally broke out continuously from 1836 to 1848.
/kloc-at the end of 0/9, the national strength of the British Empire gradually declined. As a product of an era, literature is increasingly diversified, and many great writers appeared in that era. Oliver Twist was written when the law to help the poor was passed. Britain is undergoing a transformation from an agricultural and rural economy to a city and an industrial country.
The Poor Law allows the poor to rely on public assistance, but requires them to do the necessary work. In order not to let the poor depend on public assistance, they are forced to endure unimaginable pain. Many poor people would rather die than seek public assistance, because the assistance of workhouses is notorious. The poor law did not improve the living standard of the poor class, but punished the most helpless lower class.
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